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Current pending sector count 242
Hello. I have receive a Current pending sector count 242 on the western digital WD20EARS-22MVWBO ( 2TB green drive). Crystal disk info software shows this as a yellow-alert " caution" Shou...
Is this current pending sector count worse then reallocated sector count ?
Could the drive just flag these sectors as being bad and avoid them for future use and the count stay at 242?
The software crystal disk info seem to be the only software that is expression concern about the error while the other software does diagnostic does not seem to care about it so far)
If this is the case, would the drive be fine as long as the count stays the same and does not grow or does this indicate a larger problem with a drive that will fail?
Thanks.
Could the drive just flag these sectors as being bad and avoid them for future use and the count stay at 242?
The software crystal disk info seem to be the only software that is expression concern about the error while the other software does diagnostic does not seem to care about it so far)
If this is the case, would the drive be fine as long as the count stays the same and does not grow or does this indicate a larger problem with a drive that will fail?
Thanks.
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