<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
In both cases, SMART report were saying my drive was "old" or "prefail".<br>
Is it normal? I thought it would either work or not, but not to get<br>
those strange values...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Where does the SMART report tell you that your drive was "old" or "prefail"?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16<br>
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:<br>
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE<br>
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE<br>
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 016 Pre-fail<br>
Always - 0<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you are referring to these kind of "Pre-fail" and "Old age" mentions, these describes the "type" of the SMART attributes. <br></div><div>Nothing to do whether a drive is old or new.</div></div></div>