Does anyone know how to use CrystalDiskInfo? I'm confused

[Kroze]

My computer is taking a long time to load windows and load anything altogether. Once it's loaded and stored in the ram, it's a lot faster to reopen an app. At first I thought it's because of spyware/junkware so I reformatted and reinstall windows but to no avail. I then suspected it's the HD but Crystaldiskinfo said it's fine or in good condition 😕.

Look at these numbers compared to the threshold, is my hard drive dying?

 

[KlokWyze]

reallocated sectors count = your disk needs to be replaced

backup immediately and get a replacement.

Now, I don't think that would cause it be slow, but it could be the case. Install an SSD big enough to contain the OS and you will notice a much faster bootup and initial loading of any applications installed to that disc.

Could be incompatible drivers, other h/w already bad or going bad causing the slowness.

 

[Kroze]

reallocated sectors count = your disk needs to be replaced

backup immediately and get a replacement.

Now, I don't think that would cause it be slow, but it could be the case. Install an SSD big enough to contain the OS and you will notice a much faster bootup and initial loading of any applications installed to that disc.

Could be incompatible drivers, other h/w already bad or going bad causing the slowness.

After a little googling, does reallocated sectors count mean that the HD have various bad sectors and it is now avoiding access to it? Would reformatting the drive and reinstall fix it?

 

[Cerb]

After a little googling, does reallocated sectors count mean that the HD have various bad sectors and it is now avoiding access to it? Would reformatting the drive and reinstall fix it?

Yes. It has mapped them somewhere else. Looks like they consider 5 bad enough to say yes to an RMA. Your specific HDD, however, hasn't had any, yet, yet.

Reallocated sectors, reallocation event count, pending sector, uncorrectable read errors, and UDMA CRC errors, are the ones to watch for. Yours are all 0, with an old drive, and pending N/A.