failing drives or false positives

Brian West bionicfreeze at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 16:13:49 UTC 2012


Hi everyone

yesterday i began receiving messages from one  of my drives in my hard 
drive dock that it could be failing.  so i tested my notebooks drive and 
the docked drive in question both said tests completed without error 
both short and extended tests were performed is my drive really failing 
or is this a false positive.  logs for each drive are below what really 
gets me is both of the drives give the exact same output for the most 
part should i be concerned?  Thanks in advance for your time.

Brian West

notebook drive
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.6.6-1.fc17.x86_64] (local 
build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Scorpio Blue Serial ATA (Adv. Format)
Device Model:     WDC WD3200BPVT-75ZEST0
Serial Number:    WD-WXH1AA0P0390
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 205307af1
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity:    320,072,933,376 bytes [320 GB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Thu Nov 22 02:41:01 2012 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                     was never started.
                     Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test 
routine completed
                     without error or no self-test has ever
                     been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:         ( 7200) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                     Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                     Suspend Offline collection upon new
                     command.
                     Offline surface scan supported.
                     Self-test supported.
                     Conveyance Self-test supported.
                     Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                     power-saving mode.
                     Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                     General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  86) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x7035)    SCT Status supported.
                     SCT Feature Control supported.
                     SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED  
WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   200   051    Pre-fail 
Always       -       1
   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   150   145   021    Pre-fail 
Always       -       1458
   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       680
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   183   183   140    Pre-fail 
Always       -       130
   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   081   081   000    Old_age 
Always       -       14589
  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
  11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       675
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age 
Always       -       192473
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       198
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age 
Always       -       637003
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   090   080   000    Old_age 
Always       -       53
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   140   140   000    Old_age 
Always       -       60
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   253   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   200   200   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0032   081   081   000    Old_age 
Always       -       14238
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       46363867885
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       52858747844
254 Free_Fall_Sensor        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00% 14589         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 14588         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 13991         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 12205         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 11481         -
# 6  Short offline       Aborted by host               10% 10785         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 10046         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 8099         -
# 9  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      80% 7418         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 7414         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 7165         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 5571         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 4852         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 4179         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 4110         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 3511         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 3103         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 2832         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 2468         -
#20  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 1935         -
#21  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 1934         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1        0        0  Not_testing
     2        0        0  Not_testing
     3        0        0  Not_testing
     4        0        0  Not_testing
     5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

docked drive

smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.6.6-1.fc17.x86_64] (local 
build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda Green (Adv. Format)
Device Model:     ST2000DL003-9VT166
Serial Number:    5YD3P2KW
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 038afe3ca
Firmware Version: CC32
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is:    Thu Nov 22 06:19:09 2012 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)    Offline data collection activity
                     was completed without error.
                     Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test 
routine completed
                     without error or no self-test has ever
                     been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:         (  612) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                     Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                     Suspend Offline collection upon new
                     command.
                     Offline surface scan supported.
                     Self-test supported.
                     Conveyance Self-test supported.
                     Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                     power-saving mode.
                     Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                     General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      ( 331) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x30b7)    SCT Status supported.
                     SCT Feature Control supported.
                     SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED  
WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   114   099   006    Pre-fail 
Always       -       82848824
   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   093   092   000    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age 
Always       -       980
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   065   060   030    Pre-fail 
Always       -       3364769
   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   088   088   000    Old_age 
Always       -       10931
  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age 
Always       -       113
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   072   072   000    Old_age 
Always       -       28
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age 
Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   098   000    Old_age 
Always       -       73015558162
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   063   054   045    Old_age 
Always       -       37 (0 1 40 34 0)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       98
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       990
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   037   046   000    Old_age 
Always       -       37 (128 0 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   018   009   000    Old_age 
Always       -       82848824
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age 
Always       -       2
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       279336083001181
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       3086913665
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       3886422807

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00% 10931         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90% 10926         -
# 3  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      90% 10925         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 10924         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 10924         -
# 6  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90% 10924         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 9056         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 7390         -
# 9  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      40% 2805         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 2797         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 1961         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 350         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00% 10         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1        0        0  Not_testing
     2        0        0  Not_testing
     3        0        0  Not_testing
     4        0        0  Not_testing
     5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.



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