New HDD Reallocated Sectors Count

[Penelope Stopit]

I am clueless when it comes to reading SMART Info
Will someone kindly take a look at the below info for me and comment
Thank you in advance

[Murph7355]

Reallocated sector counts are an indication the drive might fail.

A few is fine (low tens IMO, though tbh I never wait until a drive actually dies), but if the rate of change increases then I organise a replacement drive and swap it out.

As a minimum, make sure you have backups of anything important on the drive AND test recovering from your backup

[Penelope Stopit]

Murph7355 said:

Reallocated sector counts are an indication the drive might fail.

A few is fine (low tens IMO, though tbh I never wait until a drive actually dies), but if the rate of change increases then I organise a replacement drive and swap it out.

As a minimum, make sure you have backups of anything important on the drive AND test recovering from your backup

Thank you for this information, I have now realised that it's the raw values that matter