Two WesternDigital HDDs retire after 10-year occupation

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.

western digital hdd black 1t sector scan

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.

two western digital hdd

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!

pc case


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

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