I'll post here the information i obtained about my external hard drive with crystal disk info, if i shouldn't post this here, please delete this post:
OS : Windows XP Professional SP3 [5.1 Build 2600] (x86)
Date : 2012/04/10 21:10:35
-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(2) WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 : 1000.2 GB [1-X-X, jm1] (V=152D, P=2338)
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(2) WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0
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Enclosure : WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 USB Device (V=152D, P=2338, jm1)
Model : WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0
Firmware : 01.00A01
Serial Number : WD-WCAV53581003
Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2)
Buffer Size : 32767 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 1953525168
Rotation Rate : Unknown
Interface : USB (Serial ATA)
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/300
Power On Hours : 2200 hours
Power On Count : 319 count
Temparature : 36 C (96 F)
Health Status : Caution
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : 80FEh [OFF]
-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 200 200 _51 000000000001 Read Error Rate
03 113 111 _21 000000001C8C Spin-Up Time
04 _99 _99 __0 0000000004F7 Start/Stop Count
05 200 200 140 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 200 200 __0 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
09 _97 _97 __0 000000000898 Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 __0 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0B 100 100 __0 000000000000 Recalibration Retries
0C 100 100 __0 00000000013F Power Cycle Count
C0 200 200 __0 000000000019 Power-off Retract Count
C1 198 198 __0 0000000017AA Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 111 _91 __0 000000000024 Temperature
C4 200 200 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 200 200 __0 000000000006 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 200 200 __0 000000000006 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000001 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8 200 200 __0 000000000006 Write Error Rate
-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 427A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 003F 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 2020 2020 2057 442D 5743 3533 3533 3538 3130 3033
020: 0000 FFFF 0032 3031 2E30 3031 3031 5744 4320 5744
030: 3130 4541 4453 2D30 304D 3020 3020 2020 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00
050: 4001 0000 0000 0007 3FFF 003F 003F FC10 00FB 0100
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1706 1706 0000 0044 0040
080: 01FE 0000 746B 7F61 4123 BC41 BC41 4123 107F 0068
090: 0068 0000 FFFE 0000 80FE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: 6DB0 7470 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 5001 4EE2
110: 58E8 A269 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 401C
120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0021 0000
130: 0000 0000 0000 16CE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
140: 0000 0000 0004 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 3037 3037 0000 0000 0000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 101E 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
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is there any problem with the disk?
just playing safe, i'll start immediately an image/clone of the disk