Program that detects hdd failure?
July 25th, 2016
hd sentinel
How can we confirm app telling right?
There is no program that can reliably predict HDD failure – Anyone that claims otherwise got no clue what he’s talking about.
HDDs use S.M.A.R.T technology and this is what all of those apps like hd sentinel reads,To learn more about it, Read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
Its far from accurate , Your HDD can fail at anytime
regardless to what S.M.A.R.T data is telling you , It can tell you
it will fail in a week and it wont happen,Or it can tell you it will fail in a year
and still it will be fine , Best solution is to backup your data to another HDD , Use some backup app so it will be done automatically , Don’t take chances on your data , If physical failure happens then it will cost you at least $800-900 to recover it by a data recovery company,Some even charge more then that , So it really is in your best intrest to maintain backup
This topic has been posted in the wrong section.
Moving.
i got over 3 tb of ~love~ cant backit up
even hardisk manufacturer tools cant even determine hdd failure. a simple windows tools scandisk, defragment and disk cleanup of garbages in the can
may do the trick to maintain a healthy hdd. most important thing always backup.
not to mention virus attack can severely damage the hdd physically!
i got over 3 tb of ~love~ cant backit up
You sure can,Altho new HDDs will cost you quite a bit , As said before
an HDD failure cannot be predicted, So its up to you , Either backup or suffer the consequences
Edit : Better get identical 3x 1tb or 3x 1.5tb drives and use em in a raid 0 array , Or raid 0 along with a NAS (will be quite expensive tho) , Eitherway,For performance reasons using one of these configurations would be best , Raid 0 pretty much combines multiple identical HDDs into one so you could use it like its a single HDD (all the capacity i mean) , But in a raid0 if one of the HDDs in the array fail then it all goes south , However you shouldnt be concerned about that as eitherway you will still have your data either on the other HDDs or on the raid array , But when its all internal the power supply is important too , A cheapo PSU can easily fry other components , After a power outage for example , What motherboard do you have? How many free SATA ports? , How many available 3.5″ drive bays in the case?
a simple windows tools scandisk, defragment and disk cleanup of garbages in the can
may do the trick to maintain a healthy hdd. most important thing always backup.
not to mention virus attack can severely damage the hdd physically!
Doing any of those have never been proven to extend HDD life , Btw its called chkdsk and not scandisk (Starting from Win2k+) , Viruses cannot cause physical damage of any kind (With the exception of the CIH virus,But that one is highly uncommon nowadays)
hd sentinel
Hard Disk Sentinel (in apps section) is the best I’ve seen for monitoring a HDD
nothing is 100% but it is a good indicator
S.M.A.R.T data is 25% accurate at best,Using an app like hd sentinel to predict an HDD failure
is pointless
ive got like 2 sata ports free and about 5 hdd bays i asus p5ne sli and antec 550 W psu
cant really afford 3 hdds i gotta get one for my media centre yet
S.M.A.R.T data is 25% accurate at best
any data to back that up ?
a web site or a study ?
Using an app like hd sentinel to predict an HDD failure is pointless
to you maybe
but not to everyone
I don’t like the huge drives because if they do fail you lose more
I’d prefer 4 250’s over 1tb drives and copying data to DVD’s for archiving
cant really afford 3 hdds i gotta get one for my media centre yet
Then find a way to save some more money,Maybe work more hours,Or sell
something you don’t really need , $800-900 USD is just the base price
for pro data recovery,It can go even higher then that , Getting a backup
solution is cheaper (Altho still expensive,I looked it up and couldnt believe
how overpriced pc parts are in AU) You should go for one of these solutions:
Opt1
NAS+3X 1TB HDDs (599.3 AUD in total),Set it to use raid0
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/128886/HDD_INTERNAL_SATA-II_DRIVES/Hitachi/0F10383.asp
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/131994/HARD_DRIVE_-_EXTERNAL_NAS_DEVICES/Patriot/PCZ35SNAS2.asp
Note : 1TB is 931GB in actual capacity,So 3X = 2793GB,Not sure if it will
be enough for you,If you’re already using your ethernet port (which you probably do) Just buy a new cheapo ethernet card to use with it
Opt2
4TB External HDD,Use the ESATA connection (Your motherboard have one),This costs 709.10 http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/119119/HARD_DRIVE_-_EXTERNAL_DESKTOP_DRIVES_-_USB_W_ESATA/Western_Digital/WDH2Q40000A.asp
Note : You would have to be using windows 7 or vista in order for this one to be work right , XP supports upto 2TB only
S.M.A.R.T data is 25% accurate at best
any data to back that up ?
a web site or a study ?
Using an app like hd sentinel to predict an HDD failure is pointless
to you maybe
but not to everyone
I don't like the huge drives because if they do fail you lose more
I'd prefer 4 250's over 1tb drives and copying data to DVD's for archiving
No i don’t have a study or the likes to back that up,I just remember
that a while back when i used a smart monitoring program (Don’t remember the exact name) it said the precision is 25% , From my own expirence the prediction date is far from accurate,If it really was than my HDD wouldve fail long ago , Think about it logically , It’s impossible to determine for 100% certainty when will an electronic or mechanical part will fail , I know you think this program will tell you ahead of time but that won’t happen,One day it will just fail without any notice , And what if there will be a power surge and you got a cheapo PSU? that could fry it up for sure as these don’t have OVP (over voltage protection) , All in all if your’e counting on a smart analysis program to tell you when it’s gonna fail your just asking for trouble,It could happen anytime,So better maintain backup , As for the last bit , Smaller capacity HDDs can fail just the same , Using DVDs for backup is a pain due to the large file size and time it will take , Also DVD discs vary in quality , Some are better then others , And i wouldnt say a DVD is more reliable then an HDD