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ATA error count has increased in the last day
Hello! I had problems connecting to the NAS, so i had to take out the power. When i restarted it it said: "ATA error count has increased in the last day. Disk 1: Previous count: 0 Current co...
What is the disk? And what firmware are you running? Some WD disks had ATA errors on startup with older firmware (a compatibility issue fixed in 4.1.8 )
However, the rising reallocated sector count is certainly a bad sign. Also, if you hadn't seen the ATA error message until recently, then that is also a bad sign. So I would assume the disk is failing, esp. if you are running 4.1.8 or later.
You might want to shut down the NAS, remove the drive, and test it with vendor tools.
However, the rising reallocated sector count is certainly a bad sign. Also, if you hadn't seen the ATA error message until recently, then that is also a bad sign. So I would assume the disk is failing, esp. if you are running 4.1.8 or later.
You might want to shut down the NAS, remove the drive, and test it with vendor tools.
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