Reallocation Event Count Attribute information
Attribute Name:
Reallocation Event Count
Attribute ID:
196
Description:
Count of hard drive internal remap operations (transferring data from a bad sector to a special reserved disk area - spare area).
The raw value of this attribute shows the total number of attempts to transfer data from reallocated sectors to a disk spare area. Unsuccessful attempts are counted as well as successful.
Critical:
Yes
Hard drives that support this attribute:
Samsung, Seagate, IBM (Hitachi), Fujitsu (not all models), Maxtor, WD (Western Digital) (not all models)
Software that supports this attribute:
ActiveSMART, by Ariolic Software
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Tags: Reallocation Event Count, smart attribute
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