Unusual information disappearance
Unusual information disappearance
Hello everyone! I own a desktop computer, and I went on vacation for about a month. I turned everything off, including disconnecting the power supply cable and network connection. When I returned home, I tried to turn on my PC but encountered a BSOD followed by Windows Automatic Repair. After several reboots, I managed to boot into Windows, though it ran extremely slowly. I decided to restart again, but then my SSD wouldn’t boot at all. I checked the BIOS and saw that the SSD was recognized, but there were no partitions available for booting. I had a USB stick with HBCD PE files, so I booted it and used AOMEI Partition Assistant. It showed that my SSD was empty, leading me to suspect it might be corrupted. Then I opened DMDE (file recovery) and found all partitions and files intact. I recovered everything from my HDD using the LazySOFT recovery tool without issues. I also tried mounting the SSD as GPT with various utilities, but none worked. I ran Crystal Disk Info, which reported 100% health with no warnings. What happened here? Should I continue using this SSD or format it and start fresh? My specs are: CPU – Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.5GHz; GPU – Asus GTX 1050 Ti; RAM – 12GB DDR4 @ 2400MT/s (8GB & 4GB); Storage – 120GB SSD from Kingston (boot drive) and 2TB HDD from Seagate (ASUS H110M-K).
Do you possess the SMART data? The details above are irrelevant. Only the information in the lower section is relevant. The health percentage isn't tied to the drive's current condition; it reflects the remaining warranty write capacity.
First, I had a typo in the first post. I meant to ask "Do you have the SMART data?" and not "So you have the SMART data?". Close to the same meaning, just less aggressive. My apologies. This shows that the Kingston is having tons of issues, replace it. The Seagate HDD isn't happy either. The Seagate has CRC errors which is often just a faulty SATA cable, but it also has seek errors and uncorrectable errors. Both drives could be faulty. The errors on the Kingston are way worse though.
I investigated the situation and discovered the GPT partition table was damaged. I plan to recover it to protect important data such as browser passwords. Regarding your mistake, no worries—it's all fine. I'll replace the SSD as soon as possible. Thanks for the update. The Seagate HDD had an issue with a faulty SATA cable, but it’s now stable again (or at least has been for three years or more). It should remain functional for some time ahead. Appreciate the help!
The upper portion of cdi holds valuable data, including power usage and counts, and it shows 141 host TBW despite a rating of 40 TBW—likely contributing to the drive's impending failure. Its health score often reflects a specific wear attribute, like wear leveling count.
GSmartControl displays 9,254,993,920 sectors at a size of 512 bytes, totaling 4.7TBW. CDI likely treats LBAs written as a 1GB unit, which Seagate and Western Digital employ, though I couldn't locate specific details on Kingston's approach. The LBAs written parameter is 141220; assuming 1GB would equate to 141TBW. From online research, a user reported around 32MB per test, aligning with the 4.5TBW figure. I support my claim accordingly.
It would have been wise to verify that figure again. A value of 141 tbw felt unusually high given just 2144 hours of travel. I still can’t grasp the reasoning behind it. The upper portion holds valuable details not available through the attributes alone.