SanguiniusX

I've never heard of that, I'll look into it.

Well the main reason for concern about the Toshiba is that my OS is on that. If the others are heading towards failure I can transfer files around. I think I'll get a Samsung Evo 850 and put the OS on there and key files, should be an upgrade to the system as well and use my existing drives for lower usage bulk storage. That'll hopefully help extend their useful life.

I did the hdtune scan, took a few hours but it came up all green which is surprising.

Not sure I follow your meaning. Do you think it still shows the Internal HDD to be in a state of pre-failure and needing replacing? If so, do you think it gives any indication how urgent this is?

Can you not see this link? https://postimg.org/image/5nbipl1cp/ if it seems a bit small at first you can click on it and it gets bigger.

The piriform defragger doesn't seem to show a problem which is strange, or can you see something different in the link https://postimg.org/image/5nbipl1cp/ ?

Actually I just added a link:- https://postimg.org/image/5nbipl1cp/ This is what I can get from the defrag.

I suppose I have noticed it's a bit nosier than usual for a while now and maybe a bit slower. The thing to do now really is just to buy a new internal hard drive? That seems a bit of a shame it's really not that old and doesn't get used that heavily, though I have heard these TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 aren't too reliable, guess this is another unreliable one then, likely to stay away from Toshiba in future. I have the piriform defrag, does it have a print screen function? I also don't see on this posting system how to attach a file from my pc, does it have to be a link?

Okay thanks, here's the link you asked for, just search for "warning":- http://speccy.piriform.com/results/1zAukRxPF0RJvJTzOgOzJZY I'll update with the other stuff when I get it. I did a quick test with GMsmartcontrol and got this:- smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [i686-w64-mingw32-win7(64)-sp1] (sf-5.43-1) Copyright © 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 Serial Number: 641H86UGS LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 ffac6f06c Firmware Version: MX4OABB0 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Mon Dec 26 15:28:35 2016 GMTST 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: (0x85) Offline data collection activity was aborted by an interrupting command from host. 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: (14631) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No 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: ( 244) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control 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 0x000b 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 140 140 054 Pre-fail Offline - 67 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 121 121 024 Pre-fail Always - 313 (Average 313) 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1263 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 16 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 124 124 020 Pre-fail Offline - 33 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5153 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1255 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1364 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1364 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 240 240 000 Old_age Always - 25 (Min/Max 8/38) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 17 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 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 Short offline Completed without error 00% 5153 - 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.

Well that's the general warning then, why it's "warning". So that means investigating everything as I don't know any thing that's causing it.

No it wasn't in bold, I just did that to highlight the bit that concerned me. All of the S.M.A.R.T attributes warnings are fine then? How do you read them? Is there a chart or something somewhere?

Hello piriform Speccy is showing:- TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 ATA Device Manufacturer TOSHIBA Heads 16 Cylinders 243,201 Tracks 62,016,255 Sectors 3,907,024,065 SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Device type Fixed ATA Standard ATA8-ACS Serial Number 641H86UGS Firmware Version Number MX4OABB0 LBA Size 48-bit LBA Power On Count 1254 times Power On Time 214.6 days Speed 7200 RPM Features S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s Used Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s Interface SATA Capacity 1863 GB Real size 2,000,398,934,016 bytes RAID Type None S.M.A.R.T Status Warning Temperature 29 °C Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C) S.M.A.R.T attributes Attribute name Real value Current Worst Threshold Raw Value Status 01 Read Error Rate 0 100 100 16 0000000000 Good 02 Throughput Performance 67 140 140 54 0000000043 Good 03 Spin-Up Time 20513081 ms 121 121 24 0001390139 Good 04 Start/Stop Count 1,262 100 100 0 00000004EE Good 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 16 100 100 5 0000000010 Good 07 Seek Error Rate 0 100 100 67 0000000000 Good 08 Seek Time Performance 33 124 124 20 0000000021 Good 09 Power-On Hours (POH) 214d 14h 100 100 0 000000141E Good 0A Spin Retry Count 0 100 100 60 0000000000 Good 0C Device Power Cycle Count 1,254 100 100 0 00000004E6 Good C0 Power-off Retract Count 1,363 99 99 0 0000000553 Good C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 1,363 99 99 0 0000000553 Good C2 Temperature 19 °C 253 253 0 0000080013 Good C4 Reallocation Event Count 17 100 100 0 0000000011 Good C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good Partition 0 Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0 File System NTFS Volume Serial Number BEA3F3CF Size 5.86 GB Used Space 3.08 GB (52%) Free Space 2.78 GB (48%) Partition 1 Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1 Disk Letter C: File System NTFS Volume Serial Number 24A561E9 Size 1857 GB Used Space 1259 GB (67%) Free Space 597 GB (33%) Can anyone read this to explain what exactly the "status" warning is about? Thanks.