ECC Corrected, Realloc Events, Seek Errors , etc - Spinrite 6

Question

I am running Spinrite 6 on a dying hard drive and I am wondering what all these terms mean on the SMART Monitor screen.

• ECC Corrected
• Realloc Events
• Seek Errors
• Recal Retrires
• Cabling Errors
• Uncorrectable
• Write Errors

Answer 1

Looks like those are abbreviations of S.M.A.R.T. attribute names

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes

Answer 2

My guess:

• ECC Corrected - The sector was read multiple times and was recovered by combining the different results.
• Realloc Events - Sectors that were reallocated elsewhere.
• Seek Errors - Sectors that could not be reached (the seek failed)
• Recal Retries - How many attempts to recalibrate were made.
• Cabling Errors - Errors due to the interference (noise in the cables?)
• Uncorrectable - Sectors that could not be recovered
• Write Errors - Sectors that gave an error when written (Spinrite --depending on the configured mode-- first reads the sector, then writes it again, making sure it's still in good health)