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nate315
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2020

"Newly added disk has failed SMART test" but passes WD SMart tests

Replacement harddrive fails on insertion. Also, on system reboot. But, this WDC drive works and passes SMART tests with WD Lifeguard when connected to a Windows host.   Any ideas?   Below is disk...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 21, 2020

Your SMART stats are showing a lot of pending sectors.

 

I suggest testing with lifeguard again - running both the full non-destructive test and the full erase (write zeros) test.

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nate315
Aspirant
Jan 21, 2020

OK. Will run the Lifeguard tests and advise.

 

Thx.

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