Windows 10: HDD health fluctuating between 100 and 0% health

Hi

Back on 9th May I had a bit of a panic and expected to have to spend a considerable amount of money replacing a hard drive. The reason for this was that a Toshiba P300 3TB HDD was showing up in Hard Disk Sentinel with a health of 0%. When I checked the details I found the Seek Error Rate was sitting at 67 although the disk was behaving perfectly normally. Anyway I spent some time looking for a replacement drive although I didn't do anything that day. Come the next day I boot up and low and behold the error had disappeared and hasn't reappeared - until now, nearly five weeks later. Two days ago (10/6/18) HDS records it as failing, it was perfectly OK yesterday (11/6/18) and failing again today (12/6/18).

Can anyone give me any idea as to what may be going on? Is the drive actually failing? Seemingly the drive is behaving perfectly as all files and folders appear to be readily accessible and I'm wondering just what the Seek Error Rate actually means. Should I replace the drive (it is only a backup) or can I still use it as normal.

Does anyone have any ideas please? Any help would be most appreciated. Whatever, I shall be keeping a very close eye on the drive for the forseeable future.

Tracey

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Cortana - Microsoft Health Card not showing

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Thomas

 

Health and Fitness going - MS Health alternative

Just read that Health and Fitness is going bye-bye November 1 along with a few other apps. H&F supported phones with Sensor Core and thus counted steps, recorded distance and calories burned. Had a GPS tracker too.

OK so now what.

Discovered that Microsoft Health supports Sensor Core and thus all the above except the GPS tracker.

Wonder what folks here use as a GPS Tracker outside the Health and Fitness app.

Here's an article on the end of support of these apps.

http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-discontinue-msn-food-drink-health-fitness-and-travel-apps