I bought a WD10EARS drive on 28 August 2010.I’ve one WD10EADS as my OS drive and I’m running Windows XP SP3 32-bit OS on it and using the EARS drive as a secondary HDD.The EARS drive was aligned using WD-Acronis align utility following the installation.
Smart Info from the new WD10EARS drive using DiskSmartView v1.02 today revealed the following:
==================================================Description : Power Cycle CountRaw Value : 13Normalized Value : 100Worst Value : 100Threshold Value : 0Status : Ok==================================================Description : Power-off Retract CountRaw Value : 9Normalized Value : 200Worst Value : 200Threshold Value : 0Status : Ok==================================================Description : Power-On Hours (POH)Raw Value : 86Normalized Value : 100Worst Value : 100Threshold Value : 0Status : Ok==================================================Description : Load Cycle CountRaw Value : 662Normalized Value : 200Worst Value : 200Threshold Value : 0Status : Ok==================================================
Within 4 days of use, I’m getting high LCC value of 662. Every time I open any SMART utility, this value increases by 1. The LCC/POH=662/86=7.7~8.
Since the LCCs per hour is nearly 8, it is quite possible that my new HDD will lose integrity in 4 yrs according to WD GP HDD Spec sheet.
I still haven’t faced this issue with my EADS drive. It has been running for about 1yr & has LCC value of 310. Is this because the drive is not that frequently idle like my new secondary drive?
I’m really worried. Is this normal for WD10EARS?
Can anything be done to fix this, like using wdidle utility?
A reply would be much appreciated.