Inquiry regarding a random bad sector alert in Macrium Reflect backup that indicates no other issues are present.
Inquiry regarding a random bad sector alert in Macrium Reflect backup that indicates no other issues are present.
Here is the rewritten version at the same length and structure:
I'm puzzled about why things are so difficult for me!
Thanks!
But... it's a curveball. It seems the item is still covered under warranty. My lordy! lol
[Edit:] While I was typing, I recalled curve ball #2 & 3. The smart data thresholds and the unusual mention of the D drive recovery partition, which is 450MB.
Warranty typically lasts 5 years or 600 TBW. I remember setting it in November 2020, but it only shows 57.7 TBW—just a little under 600...
The issue I expect to face is that nothing has reached the caution level for the SSD in the SMART menu for Samsung Magician. Will they notice the bad clusters affecting my system? Will they be concerned about my remaining 44% provisioning, even though only 57.7 TB of data was written to the drive?
I know bad sectors keep appearing regularly, but the critical threshold in Samsung Magician is 10%, while I'm at 44%. I also don't understand the difference between Reflect and chkdisk—sometimes they match, sometimes they don't.
I might reach out to them to find out what kind of storage capacity they have available. If I decide to buy a new drive instead of using the warranty, it definitely won’t be Samsung!
By the way, in this situation, there’s conflicting information again. chkdsk reported no bad sectors, even though Reflect says otherwise, and the corruption in my MFT was this: CHKDSK found free space marked as allocated in the master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Fixing errors in the Volume Bitmap.
This probably isn’t the worst MFT issue, but it should have happened before. Macrium doesn’t support their free version, so unless others here have ideas, I’m not sure how to resolve this.
I also don’t understand why Reflect is telling me to back up the reserve partition on my D drive and all of C drive. I suspect it’s because the D drive was previously my C drive in my old system. If I disconnect the D drive and restart, I’d want to see what happens. Even then, I’d probably create a full backup image (which I’m doing now) and another without the D drive partition selected, just to verify if Windows can be restored.
[Edit 3:]
3rd revision. /sigh. I'm performing a full sector-by-sector backup to check if Reflect still detects any bad sectors. For replacement, I think I’ll need an intelligent sector backup.
FML SMH
- I might have that recorded on my tombstone... frustration is rising fast.
This device should operate as a secondary unit until it fails.
It's a good idea. The main reason I use the D drive SATA SSD in my PC is for video editing. Ironically, the old Samsung model has had no issues and I don't know its age. I'll still reach out to Samsung support, as the provisioning and errors seem significant despite the amount of data written. I'm not expecting much, but it's always a good question.
Did you consider getting a third-party heatsink for an M2 drive? I'm wondering if this was due to heat buildup.
I used the M2 slot that the board marks as #1, though that might have been a mistake since it's near the graphics card. Thanks again. Last time I probably promised.