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New drive, 36% health. Return?

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I bought a Western Digital Ext HDD 1021, do I take it back?

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Reallocated Sectors Count
Raw value: 28
Value: 196
Threshold: 140
Status: Fail
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Reallocation Event Count
Raw Value: 18
Value: 182
Threshold: 0
Status: Degradation
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I would double check the drive by either running another SMART utility or downloading WD's disk test utility.

Also just see if there are any firmware problems reported for the model and serial number range of the actual disk. You'll need to search the WD site to find this information as they 'hide it away'.

Download Hard Disk Sentinel and see fi that reports the same problem. As there is no actual SMART standard, manufacturers differ in their implementations even between their own models.