I’m a bit confused on why my drive would fail the quick test but pass the extended test. I used LifeGuard to check the drive after SMART failed on startup and came up with these results…
| Test Option: | EXTENDED TEST |
| Model Number: | WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 |
| Unit Serial Number: | WD- |
| Firmware Number: | 01.03E01 |
| Capacity: | 320.07 GB |
| SMART Status: | PASS |
| Test Result: | PASS |
| Test Time: | 03:35:07, July 20, 2012 |
| Test Option: | QUICK TEST |
| Model Number: | WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 |
| Unit Serial Number: | WD- |
| Firmware Number: | 01.03E01 |
| Capacity: | 320.07 GB |
| SMART Status: | PASS |
| Test Result: | FAIL |
| Test Error Code: | 06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 03 (Fatal or unknown error), Failure Checkpoint = 98 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1! |
| Test Time: | 03:37:19, July 20, 2012 |
I also ran HD Tune to check the health and to check for bad sectors. Scans found no bad blocks.
HD Tune: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 Health
ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate200 20051 1873 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 162 131 21 2875 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 0 1825 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 200 200 140 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 200 200 0 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 84 84 0 12098 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 00 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1594 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 200 200 0 109 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 200 200 0 1825 Ok
(C2) Temperature 109 98 0 34 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 253 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 0 0 Ok
Power On Time : 12098
Health Status : Ok
HD Tune: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 Error Scan
Scanned data : 305122 MB
Damaged Blocks : 0.0 %
Elapsed Time : 0:35
I got the drive back in 2008. It has been used as a OS drive for about 3 year [heavy gaming] then a secondary drive for music and movies. Should I be worried? I have all my data backup to an external drive just incase the drive fails on me. Any information about the drive and the results would be appreciated.
