Windows 10: Crystal Disk Info & S.M.A.R.T. interpretation question

I have a 1 TB data drive (already backed up) that shows a reallocated sector count (raw value) of 3348 in Crystal Disk Info in the main window of results.

If I hover over the yellow "Caution" under "Health Status," the notification popup says "Reallocated Sector Count: 13128"

So which is it? 3348 or 13128 reallocated sectors? And what is the other number?

You can see an example of the area I'm talking about at the top of the page here, except mine is yellow under Health Status and says Caution - https://crystalmark.info/en/software...l-information/

Thanks. I looked through the Crystal Disk Info online manual and saw no explanation.

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Hi,

Don't worry with the third disk (only one sector reallocated is nothing), but the first has 28146 hours which is a long while...

I suggest you to use another tool : Hard Disk Sentinel , which is much better than CrystalDiskInfo !

 

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You need to run the HGST Fitness test on that last dive. Crystal Disk will give faults cautions on some drives

https://www.hgst.com/support/hard-drive-support/downloads

Always go to the manufacture of the drive to confirm tests, and always backup. Even on good drives

 

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I would suggest using a better tool to interface with SMART. The "current", "worst", and "threshold" info doesn't tell us squat and CrystalDiskMark doesn't decode the raw data for you. Something like GSmartControl would be a lot better IMHO. It also lets you start SMART diagnostics which can find a problem should you suspect one exists.

Nothing really bad is standing out, that one drive that has a single reallocated sector is nothing to be concerned about unless it grows to well over more than a handful of sectors. Right now it's just 1 which can happen under normal operation without a problem.