SMART error (OfflineUncorrectableSector) detected on host:

[Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>]

On Tue November 25 2008, you wrote:
> The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:
>
> Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors
>
> For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/syslog).

from syslog:
# grep sdb syslog
Nov 25 08:26:14 hostname smartd[3968]: Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors 

Nov 25 08:26:14 hostname smartd[3968]: Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Offline 
uncorrectable sectors 

Nov 25 08:26:14 hostname smartd[3968]: Device: /dev/sdb, SMART Usage 
Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 65 to 66 

Nov 25 08:26:14 hostname smartd[3968]: Device: /dev/sdb, SMART Usage 
Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 35 to 34 


does this mean my drive is bad?? it is only a few months old.. new 500Gb SATA.

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