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Summary
What does the 'Current Pending Sector Count' (1,2,8...100,200) mean? And how to repair a SMART hard drive error? This post gives you answers! Meanwhile, to rescue as much data as possible by using the EaseUS hard drive recovery software is also suggested.
Overview of Current Pending Sector Account
"Current Pending Sector Count" is a critical S.M.A.R.T parameter which indicates the current count of unstable sectors on the drive waiting for remapping. This error usually shows up while running some hard drive test and repair software.
You may get different Current Pending Sector Account figures such as 1, 2, 8... 100, 200 etc. It doesn't matter. You may be interested in how serious this hard drive error is. Well, you can understand it by the following table's stats by comparison.
| Drive Status | SMART 5 | SMART 187 | SMART 188 | SMART 197 | SMART 198 |
Description |
Reallocated Sectors Count | Reported Uncorrectable Errors | Command Timeout | Current Pending Sector Count | Uncorrectable Sector Count |
| Operational | 1.1% | 0.5% | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
Failed |
42.2% | 43.5% | 44.8% | 43.1% | 33.0% |
Conclusion
Current Pending Sector Account. This is a critical parameter. Degradation of this parameter may indicate imminent drive failure. Urgent data recovery and hardware replacement are recommended.
Fix 'Current Pending Sector Account' Error
Of course, if you are not ready to abandon the sick hard drive, refer to SMART error fix automatically with free software for help. But if you've made up your mind to give up, take the correct procedures because you don't expect any data loss, right?
First. Recover data after bad sector remapping
As long as your hard drive (or perhaps it's an external USB flash drive) can still be normally recognized by Windows, do not wait anymore. Start immediately downloading EaseUS hard drive recovery software on your computer and rescue as much data as possible from it.
Step 1. Connect your device to PC.
If you lost data on an external hard drive, USB or SD card, connect the device to your PC firstly.
Step 2. Run the data recovery software and scan lost data.
1. Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your PC.
2. Select the device where you lost data under "Hard Disk Drives", "External Devices" or "Specify a location".
3. Click "Scan" to start scanning the lost data now.
Step 3. Preview and restore data.
1. After the scanning, you can double-click each file to preview them from below tabs:
- Delete Files: All your deleted files are listed here.
- Drive (with your device name): It loads found files here.
- Lost Partition Files: Check first if your hard drive is formatted or partition gets deleted.
- Extra Files: All files that lost names or paths on your drive can be found here.
After this, you can even use "Filter" or "Search" to quickly find all your lost data.
2. Finally, you can choose those lost data and specify a safe location on your PC to complete the data recovery process by clicking "Recover" now.
Second. Upgrade the failing hard drive
EaseUS Disk Copy is able to clone a hard drive with bad sectors to a new one, without losing important data as well.
Click the given link so you can learn a detailed guide about how to clone a hard drive (HDD/SSD) with bad sectors by using the disk copy software.
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Frequently Asked Qusetions
- 1. Why cannot I recover 2GB data for free?
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It is recommended to check the version installed is Free or Trial because they are different versions.
Trial has data preview function but cannot save any files, while the Free version enables to recover 2 GB files. The default free space is 500 MB and you may share the product on social media to get another 1.5 GB.
- 2. Why cannot the recovered files be opened?
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A file is saved as 2 parts on the storage device: directory info (which is comprised by file name, time stamp and size info, etc.) and data content.
If the files with original file names and folder structures cannot be opened, one possible reason is the corrupted directory info. There is still a chance to recover the data content with the RAW Recovery method in our software.
- 3. Why isn't it suggested to recover the files back to the original drive?
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The storage structure of the lost files would be altered or damaged by any changes on the drive. If you save the recovered files back to the same drive, the original data structures and data content would be corrupted or overwritten, which causes permanent data loss. So you should prepare another disk to save the files.
- 4. How can I check whether my data is recoverable or not before purchase?
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The Free version helps you save 2GB files to better verify the recovery quality of our product before purchase.
- 5. How long does it take to scan the drive?
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It strongly depends on the capacity of your hard drive and the performance of your computer. As reference,most drive recoveries can be completed in around 10 to 12 hours for a 1-TB healthy hard drive in general conditions.
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