Is this a reason for concern?

[Rob Williams]

http://deathspawner.net/etcetera/pictures/forum_posts/etcetera/harddrive_smart_fail.png

Maybe a hard-drive expert can tell me whether or not this is a problem or not. Nothing is on the drive... just using it for testing. Every time I boot into Vista, it nags me to backup the drive and replace it.

Thanks!

[Rory Buszka]

Spin retry - could it have something to do with the lubricant in the motor bearings turning to goo? If there's a problem with the spindle motor, the drive's days are numbered.

[THUMPer]

This is what I know.
Count of retry of spin start attempts. This attribute stores a total count of the spin start attempts to reach the fully operational speed (under the condition that the first attempt was unsuccessful). A decrease of this attribute value is a sign of problems in the hard disk mechanical subsystem.

[Merlin]

Maybe it needs some files on the drive.
Then run the test again

[madstork91]

Maybe it needs some files on the drive.
Then run the test again

Id check into that before you panic. Then, if all is well... freak out.

[Rob Williams]

Well I plugged in another identical drive and it had a different error. The Reallocated Sector Count was red on that one. Seagate told me to run SeaTools ( I think that's what it is called ) and zero the drive and see if that fixes things. I won't be able to until the new week, but I am curious to see if that will actually help anything.