Pending sector, does that qualify for warranty RMA?

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My WD Elements 5TB drive is just under two years old and consequently still under warranty. I noticed some retry warnings in the Event Viewer, and a month later CrystalDiskInfo reports one Pending Sector and changed the Health to Caution. I asked support if this qualified the drive for a warranty replacement, and he didn’t exactly answer the question – just told me to run Chkdsk, which the drive passes. But it apparently has a sector that will eventually fail.

Anybody know if WD will replace under warranty for 1 Pending or Bad sector?

Thanks,
David

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Hi @phototransformations
Have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the WD Technical Support team for the best assistance and troubleshooting: