crystaldiskinfo caution reallocated sectors count fix

Also, look at the temperature for instance, which is 34C/93F, and not 176 anything, like it says in the Normalized column. I have a raw value of 0 reallocated sectors, which is equal to 100 in the Normalized column. The 'Normalized' in my program is what CrystalDiskInfo calls 'Current'. The 'Value' column is the raw data converted to a human-readable format. Here is a picture of the SMART data of one of my HDD's. There is no software or hardware fix to lower your reallocated sector count. Once a sector has been reallocated the hard drive will no longer use it and will continue operation without storing data on that part of the disk. Modern drives are built with spare sectors precisely for this purpose, but a large number of reallocated sectors indicates that there is a more serious problem with the drive and it is likely to fail soon. Read more about how to interpret S.M.A.R.T data on wikipedia The only fix for a reallocated sector is to purchase a new hard drive. Sectors are reallocated when they've gone bad (a hardware fault on the drive). However, whether the Raw value is better when it is higher or lower depends on he nature of what it represents. Crystaldiskinfo caution reallocated sectors count fix.

The 'Current' is a normalized value, which is always counting down or staying the same, so higher is always better. If I am not mistaken, you do not have 88 reallocated sectors, you have 0000000000FE in hexadecimal which is 256 in decimal (Not all raw data means the same across brands of HDD's, so beware with interpreting like this, but reallocated sectors count is normally just that, the number of reallocated sectors).