gsmartcontrol VS smartmontools

Most advanced SMARTmonTools or if you on windows and prefer GUI, then there is wrapper GSmartControl

Edit: Looking at this answer again, and the threshold column may also be obtuse and unhelpful. I haven't used it before, but GSmartControl looks like a much better tool for inspecting S.M.A.R.T. status on Windows.

If you want to check the state of your hard drive, grab a tiny program to check the S.M.A.R.T. table, you're looking most importantly for "Reallocated Sectors", and "Pending Reallocation Events", as well as any Errors reported/recorded. Bad sectors are the most common sign a drive is failing. https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

For Storage Drives You can use some of Windows tools but it’s more for checking for corrupt files and repairing them 1. Using built in Windows Utilities. You can open Command Prompt or Powershell as Administrator and you can run a few commmands to make sure everything (software wise) is okay. Use sfc /scannow to run what’s called System File Checker. This will check the Windows component store for corruption and repair any it finds. When finished you should see a message like “Windows did not find any integrity violations” which means no corruption was found. You can also use chkdsk C: however this is basically a torture test for your drive. If your drive is showing early signs of faliure, do not run chkdsk on it. It will only accelerate its eventual complete failure. 2. Using external tools. A very helpful tool to use would be Crystal Disk Info. This will check the SMART status of all connected drives and make sure all are okay. You can run SMART tests for your drives by using either GSmartControl or SeaTools.

There are many tools to get this data; I recommend GSmartControl.

The issue is that files became corrupted, resulting in it needing to check the file system. If you have a hard drive enclosure, I would recommend using the enclosure to connect the drive to a computer, and running a drive diagnostic utility. GSmartControl is a great free program for checking the drive for physical damage. HDDScan can show you where there are bad sectors on the drive. If you’re feeling adventurous, it’s worth looking at Hard Disk Sentinel, because it allows you to attempt repairs and resolve any issues you have with hard drives.

But what I would do first is run GSmartControl to check the SMART info of the drive to see if the disk itself is toast. If it's the disk that is broken, send it to data recovery professionals or buy another 3 TB drive and use ddrescue to copy the drive over to the new one and cross your fingers.

Have you checked the SMART stats? It might be stuck trying to reallocate sectors as well. There are quite a few options for reading SMART stats, I usually just run GSMARTControl for Windows. https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

Most advanced SMARTmonTools or if you on windows and prefer GUI, then there is wrapper GSmartControl

smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.2.16-19-pve] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Samsung based SSDs Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 250GB Serial Number: S6PDNL0W801463R LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 f538005bf Firmware Version: SVT02B6Q User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes [250 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Form Factor: 2.5 inches TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-4 T13/BSR INCITS 529 revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sun Dec 10 16:50:10 2023 AST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 85) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 915 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 22 177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 2 179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032 070 066 000 Old_age Always - 30 195 ECC_Error_Rate 0x001a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 199 CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 1798 235 POR_Recovery_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 18 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 782989633 252 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing 256 0 65535 Read_scanning was never started Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 2.5 5400 Device Model: ST2000LM015-2E8174 Serial Number: WDZQRCCB LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0cffc8e36 Firmware Version: 0001 User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm Form Factor: 2.5 inches TRIM Command: Available Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sun Jul 9 20:07:42 2023 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled

Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

``` root@truenas[~]# smartctl -a /dev/sdc smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.10.142+truenas] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Install smartmontools or DriveDx.

Here is smartctl output however it is not very helpful: ``` denast@denastServer ~ [32]> sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdc1 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-5.10.0-20-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.19.0-32-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 2000GB Serial Number: 204415800414 LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8bb25d19b Firmware Version: UP4504RL User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Form Factor: 2.5 inches TRIM Command: Available, deterministic Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-3, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3 SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Apr 29 21:28:28 2023 EDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 120) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x11) SMART execute Offline immediate. No Auto Offline data collection support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. No Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 18894 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 49 165 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 918 166 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 5 167 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 42 168 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 11 169 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 731 170 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 171 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 172 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 173 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5 174 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 079 063 000 Old_age Always - 21 (Min/Max 13/63) 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2465328005694 232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 100 233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 10263 234 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 24792 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 9556 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 117452 244 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 000 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported