{"id":36094,"date":"2019-03-06T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?p=36094"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:53:01","slug":"how-to-fix-reallocated-sector-count-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-reallocated-sector-count-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Reallocated Sector Count Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting<\/strong> or SMART is a drive monitoring system embedded on hard drives, solid-state drives, and eMMC storage. A significant and consistent increase in the ‘reallocated sector count<\/strong>’ attribute value is a clear sign of a dying hard drive, indicating imminent drive failure. <\/p>

Essentially, the reallocated sector—also known as bad sector or bad block—is an area on the disk that is no longer safe to store data. When a system can’t read, write, or verify data stored at a particular sector, it marks the sector bad and reallocates or remaps the stored data to a reserved area (spare area) on the hard drive. The reserved area is set aside by the disk for normal operation of the drive and to prevent immediate data loss due to bad sectors.<\/p>

As the reallocation sector count increases, the ability of disk to remap or reallocate data from bad sectors decreases. This also affects the drive performance. That’s the reason why you see a warning sign in the SMART disk information. The sign is an indicator that the drive is no longer safe for data storage.<\/p>

And if you continue to use the drive for data storage, the data may get corrupt and the drive may turn inaccessible or even fail, which can lead to permanent data loss.<\/p>

Reallocated Sector Count Warning and Drive Corruption<\/strong><\/h2>

A drive with a significant number of bad sectors or reallocated sector counts can also cause drive corruption. A bad sector may damage file system information or chunk of data that contains file system information. Such disks usually turn RAW and become inaccessible. However, data can be retrieved from such disks with the help of a data recovery tool that supports corrupt drive recovery.<\/p>

Reasons for Reallocated Sector Count Warning and How to fix it<\/strong><\/h2>

The bad sectors are a result of logical damage (creates soft bad sectors) and physical damage (builds hard bad sectors) to the drive during its normal use. However, the warning sign may also appear faster on a drive due to intense drive usage for longer duration’s, force shutdown, overheating, corrupt file, ageing hardware, and mechanical drive issues.<\/p>

For instance, if you hear screeching or clicking sound from the hard drive, that’s a sign of mechanical issue which creates hard bad sectors. Similarly, a sudden fall or mishandling cause hard bad sectors on the drive<\/a> as the actuator arm strikes against the platter. While bad sectors are beyond fix<\/strong>, you may try to fix the corruption and retrieve the data from such drive by using command prompt and data recovery software.<\/p>

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Reallocated Sector Count Warning Fix<\/strong><\/h2>

There is no ‘fix’ for reallocated sector count warning other than cloning the affected drive with a new one. Bad sectors—whether it’s a soft bad sector or hard—can’t be repaired. However, a drive with the reallocated sector count warning doesn’t mean that the drive will not work. You can continue using the drive as long as it runs but at your own risk.<\/p>

So if the data is critical, use Stellar Data Recovery Premium for Windows<\/a><\/strong> software to either clone the drive (if it’s accessible) or recover files from a corrupt impeding drive.<\/p>

Below are the steps that you can follow to safely migrate or recover data using the software:<\/strong><\/p>

Backup Data<\/h3>

If the drive is recognized and accessible, copy the critical files to a new healthy external or internal hard drive. Alternatively, you can also clone the failing drive with a new one. Cloning the drive spares you the trouble of reinstalling Windows and restoring the backup files.<\/p>

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To make the process seamless, install Stellar Data recovery software and choose ‘Monitor Drive<\/strong>’ to launch drive monitor utility that lets you effortlessly clone your failing drive<\/strong> with a new one.<\/p>

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All you need is a new disk connected to the system and a few clicks. Besides, the software also monitors drive for errors and SMART attributes<\/strong> to help you prevent such data loss situations.<\/p>

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You can also scan the disk for bad sectors. That will help you get better insights into the hard disk condition.<\/p>

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Restore File from Corrupt Drive<\/h3>

If the drive isn’t accessible, have turned RAW, or files are not found; use the Stellar Data Recovery Premium<\/a><\/strong> tool to restore files from such drive. Download the software and install it on a working Windows PC. Then follow the on screen instructions of the software.<\/p>

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