Apply Apply setting value and update informat. You can show or hide this message using a separate GPO option, Disk Diagnostic: Configure execution level, located in the Administrative Templates -> System -> Troubleshooting and Diagnostics -> Disk Diagnostics section of GPO. 05 Reallocated Sectors Count C5 Current Pending Sector Count C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count FF Life Set the threshold raw values of Caution. Your Current Pending Sector Count is a warning about unstable sectors on your drive that are waiting to be remapped (reallocated) to spare space on the drive. Then check the disk using a default manufacturer SMART tool (or other tools, like CrystalDiskInfo) and using chkdsk. CrystalDiskInfo C5 Current Pending Sector Count A number greater than 0 in the C5 Current Pending Sector Count column will cause CrystalDiskInfo to set off a Caution warning. In this case, it is recommended to back up data from the disk to a separate media. The Predictive Failure status means that one of the disk characteristics (like mechanical wear) doesn’t match the reference values and it may fail. In the meantime, do not save any critical files to this disk.
If you can't back up (for example, you have no CDs or other backup media), you should shut down your computer and restart when you have backup media available. To determine if the hard disk needs to be repaired or replaced, contact the manufacturer of your computer. All data on the hard disk, including files, documents, pictures, programs, and settings might be lost if your hard disk fails. This disk might fail back up your computer now. The first one is C5 Current Pending Sector Count. Unknown Buffer Size The field of buffer size supports maximum 32 MB and this filed is obsolete. Strange Power on Hours A part of Maxtor HDD could count only 65535 minuites (about 1092 hours).
Windows Disk Diagnostic detected a S.M.A.R.T. The Caution status may be caused by one of this three common errors. CrystalDiskInfo reports Caution or Bad See also Health Status. At some point you will run out of backup sectors and you'll have actual bad sectors in your data.
The problem is: once sectors start going bad, they usually go bad fast. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. It will be slightly slower in affected areas (disk head will have to move to outer area where backup sectors are), but it will work.
The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 has predicted that it will fail.