How long do you think this hard drive will last?

[cbn]

Here is the CrystalDiskInfo screenshot:

The reallocated sector sector count has been creeping upwards over the months. (If I remember correctly reallocated sectors was 14 back in April)

For fun take a guess on how long it takes before the hard drive fails. (Poll is private and users may not change votes)

P.S. This hard drive is used for recording copy once cable TV channels so the data can't be saved by copying to another hard drive.

 

[kschendel]

Surely you can clone the drive at the sector level to a new one? You might have to spoof the serial number but I believe that can be done as well.

As for the poll, I'll cheat and say "within 2 years". Oh, you meant "1.5 to 2 years?"

 

[EXCellR8]

tough to say, but voted within 2 months. if it were a Seagate or WD I'd give it a bit longer...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

It's already dead.

 

[cbn]

Reallocated Sectors Count is now 36.

CrystalDiskInfo still showing "Caution".

 

[kschendel]

I'd find some cloning software for that drive soon. It's impossible to predict for sure, but I'd give it a couple months at best.

 

[cbn]

I'd find some cloning software for that drive soon. It's impossible to predict for sure, but I'd give it a couple months at best.

Normally I would do that....and the drive would be E-waste by now.

.......But I can't clone the content because it is copy once DRM protected.

 

[kschendel]

I think if you dig around on the web you'll find ways to clone it. A physical sector copy leaves no indication that the data was ever touched, and if you can spoof the drive serial number as well, how would anything tell that it was copied? You can't copy it at the application level but I don't see why you couldn't copy it at a filesystem or even physical block level.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Normally I would do that....and the drive would be E-waste by now.

.......But I can't clone the content because it is copy once DRM protected.

Then contact the company that sold it to you. Hard drives fail; if they don't have a use case and procedures for dealing with this, they owe you the money back because holy crap.

 

[cbn]

@dave_the_nerd,

Unfortunately the drive is out of warranty.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

@dave_the_nerd,

Unfortunately the drive is out of warranty.

I don't mean the hard drive seller, I mean the people who sold you the DRM'd content that you can't back up or copy off of your hard drive for some reason.

HDDs are cheap, data is expensive.

 

[cbn]

@dave_the_nerd,

The copy once DRM protected content is premium cable TV that I record with Windows Media Center (found in Windows 7).

 

[dave_the_nerd]

@dave_the_nerd,

The copy once DRM protected content is premium cable TV that I record with Windows Media Center (found in Windows 7).

Ah.

You know there are ways to strip that out, right? Save the files for now, strip the DRM later once you've done some googling.

 

[Fir]

Hard drive reliability is terrible these days.
Already lost TWO IronWolf 10TB Helium disks in a NAS environment with less than 250days uptime.
Both disks were still usable but the SMART status showed warning for growing defect list.
And these are supposed to be top of the line disks.
Should have went with HGST.

 

[pcslookout]

Hard drive reliability is terrible these days.
Already lost TWO IronWolf 10TB Helium disks in a NAS environment with less than 250days uptime.
Both disks were still usable but the SMART status showed warning for growing defect list.
And these are supposed to be top of the line disks.
Should have went with HGST.

I disagree.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Normally I would do that....and the drive would be E-waste by now.

.......But I can't clone the content because it is copy once DRM protected.

Paging @lxskllr . Tell us all why DRM is BAD, BAD, BAD. Interference with basic system maintenance, for one.