[smartmontools-support] How do I interpret the errors of smartctl ?

[Sreyan Chakravarty]

Hi,

I just ran a smartctl test on my laptop hard drive and I found these errors
come up:


Error 5 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1399 hours (58 days + 7 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  10 41 40 08 6e d9 00  Error: IDNF at LBA = 0x00d96e08 = 14249480

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  60 00 00 00 60 96 40 00      00:09:33.865  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 f8 00 5c 96 40 00      00:09:33.858  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 b8 00 54 96 40 00      00:09:33.847  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 b0 00 50 96 40 00      00:09:33.841  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 a8 00 4c 96 40 00      00:09:33.834  READ FPDMA QUEUED

Error 4 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 548 hours (22 days + 20 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 41 20 60 fa 6f 06  Error: WP at LBA = 0x066ffa60 = 108001888

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 40 b0 80 60 52 40 00      00:32:36.441  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 a8 40 5b 52 40 00      00:32:36.433  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 a0 00 56 52 40 00      00:32:36.427  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 98 c0 50 52 40 00      00:32:36.420  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 90 80 4b 52 40 00      00:32:36.414  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED

Error 3 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 548 hours (22 days + 20 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 41 20 60 fa 8f 06  Error: WP at LBA = 0x068ffa60 = 110099040

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 40 50 a8 d6 3b 40 00      00:32:27.865  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 48 68 d1 3b 40 00      00:32:27.858  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 40 28 cc 3b 40 00      00:32:27.850  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 38 e8 c6 3b 40 00      00:32:27.842  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 30 a8 c1 3b 40 00      00:32:27.835  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED

Error 2 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 548 hours (22 days + 20 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 41 20 60 fa 6f 06  Error: WP at LBA = 0x066ffa60 = 108001888

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 40 78 a8 de 24 40 00      00:32:19.276  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 70 68 d9 24 40 00      00:32:19.270  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 68 28 d4 24 40 00      00:32:19.262  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 60 e8 ce 24 40 00      00:32:19.256  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 58 a8 c9 24 40 00      00:32:19.248  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED

Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 548 hours (22 days + 20 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 41 20 c0 8e 6d 06  Error: WP at LBA = 0x066d8ec0 = 107843264

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 40 c8 e8 27 c0 40 00      00:31:41.587  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 70 a8 22 c0 40 00      00:31:41.579  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 30 68 1d c0 40 00      00:31:41.570  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 d0 28 18 c0 40 00      00:31:41.564  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 98 e8 12 c0 40 00      00:31:41.556  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED



How do I understand the seriousness of these errors ?

Do I have to replace my hard drive ?

The full report can be found here:
https://pastebin.com/raw/qLBC8hNm

These reports are not obvious to look at.
-- 
Regards,
Sreyan Chakravarty


-- 
Regards,
Sreyan Chakravarty
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