My internal hard disk fails the Digital Data LifeGuard Quick Test but not the Extended Test

WD Internal Drives Desktop & Mobile Drives
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I have a WDC WD10EADS-65M2BX internal hard drive on an HP PC that I bought almost 3 years ago.

Just yesterday, the drive failed the HP Hardware Diagnostic SMART Short Self Test, with the error message

The device reported the following status: The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed.

 

The first failing LBA value is 5151062 and the failure occurred after the device had been operating for 3128 power-on hours.

Failed (Error code: HD521-2W)

 

I downloaded and installed  the Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics for Windows 7. 

When I start LifeGuard Diagnostics, the SMART status for the drive is PASS.

 

When I ran the Extended Test, the drive passed.  (It took all night, and I haven’t run it since).

When I run the Quick Test, I get

06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!

I have already created recovery disks and backed up the drive.

 

Does this indicate an imminent hard disk failure, or is there some remedy  I could apply?

 

Thanks

 

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Hi with those errors yes the drive needs to be replaced. Also the drive is only covered by warranty from HP for one year so you will need to buy a drive. The green drives are meant to be storage drives not really a boot drive. I would choose a blue or if you don’t mind a bit of extra cost get a black drive they have a 5 year warranty and are faster. 

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OK, thanks for getting back so quickly.