HD SMART question

[David Rosenstrauch]

David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> Bottom line:  can I trust this new drive with my backup data, or is this
> new one a lemon too, and I should just dump it and get another one of
> the Western Digitals?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> DR

Another data point:

Self-tests seem to succeed without error:

[darose at darsys9 ~]$ sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc
Password:
smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 
Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         3 
      -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0 
      -


WTF?!?!?!

DR