I have two Western Digital HDDs, one is Caviar Black and another is Caviar Green serial, both capacities are 1TB. Because uncorrectable sectors occurred, it’s time for them to retire.

These two hard disks have been bought in 2010, which was for my third computer, also the first self-assemble PC. In this ten-year occupation, they’re mostly idle, because their Power On Hours count is just about 7000+ hours. I didn’t find the MTBF(mean time between failures) specification about the product serial, but I don’t think it should break down in so much short time using, or maybe just BAD luck.

It almost ruined a very important video of mine, which scared me badly.

I have a strong impression of a BBS post before I’ve decided to buy the Caviar Black 1TB disk, it said “the data stored on the Black disk could never lose.” Haha, it’s hard to say NEVER.

With these two HDDs in use, I mostly use them to do some photography work, video editing, and 3D animation. I’ve moved important data to a new NAS with 2 Seagate 8T disks. How do they doing? We’ll see.

And also it’s time to say goodbye to the old PC, thanks for working alongside me for so many years, from Yichang to Wuhan!

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PC Specifications

• Mother Board : Gigabyte P55-UD3R
• CPU : Intel Core i5 750
• RAM : 12GB DDR3 1600
• Graphics Card : Nvidia Quadro 2000
• Optical Drive : ASUS DVD RW

HDD Specifications

WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0

• Model : WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0
• Firmware : 05.01D05
• Serial Number : WD-WCATR4700830
• Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2/1000.2)
• Queue Depth : 32
• Number of Sectors : 1953525168
• Interface : Serial ATA
• Major Version : ATA8-ACS
• Transfer Mode : SATA/600
• Power On Hours : 7728 hours
• Power On Count : 2528 count
• Health Status : Caution
• Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ

S.M.A.R.T.

ID	Cur	Wor	Thr	RawValues	Attribute Name
01	198	198	_51	0000000102CB	Read Error Rate
03	209	164	_21	0000000009E5	Spin-Up Time
04	_98	_98	__0	000000000A19	Start/Stop Count
05	191	191	140	000000000041	Reallocated Sectors Count
07	200	200	__0	000000000000	Seek Error Rate
09	_90	_90	__0	000000001E30	Power-On Hours
0A	100	100	__0	000000000000	Spin Retry Count
0B	100	100	__0	000000000000	Recalibration Retries
0C	_98	_98	__0	0000000009E0	Power Cycle Count
C0	200	200	__0	000000000172	Power-off Retract Count
C1	200	200	__0	0000000008A6	Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2	104	_95	__0	00000000002B	Temperature
C4	141	141	__0	00000000003B	Reallocation Event Count
C5	200	200	__0	000000000001	Current Pending Sector Count
C6	200	200	__0	00000000005A	Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7	200	200	__0	000000000000	UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8	_61	__1	__0	000000006D39	Write Error Rate

WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

• Model : WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1
• Firmware : 80.00A80
• Serial Number : WD-WCAV59391908
• Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2/----)
• Queue Depth : 32
• Number of Sectors : 1953525168
• Interface : Serial ATA
• Major Version : ATA8-ACS
• Transfer Mode : SATA/300
• Power On Hours : 7516 hours
• Power On Count : 2414 count
• Health Status : Caution
• Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ

S.M.A.R.T.

ID	Cur	Wor	Thr	RawValues	Attribute Name
01	200	197	_51	000000000000	Read Error Rate
03	180	100	_21	000000000F7E	Spin-Up Time
04	_96	_96	__0	0000000012F2	Start/Stop Count
05	200	200	140	000000000000	Reallocated Sectors Count
07	200	200	__0	000000000000	Seek Error Rate
09	_90	_90	__0	000000001D5C	Power-On Hours
0A	100	100	__0	000000000000	Spin Retry Count
0B	100	100	__0	000000000000	Recalibration Retries
0C	_98	_98	__0	00000000096E	Power Cycle Count
C0	200	200	__0	00000000013D	Power-off Retract Count
C1	172	172	__0	000000014D52	Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2	108	_94	__0	000000000027	Temperature
C4	200	200	__0	000000000000	Reallocation Event Count
C5	200	197	__0	000000000003	Current Pending Sector Count
C6	200	198	__0	000000000000	Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7	200	200	__0	000000000000	UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8	200	196	__0	000000000001	Write Error Rate