Seagate FreeAgent external hard disk - paging error

[abanerji]

I bought an external hard disk (FreeAgent 160GB, Model # ST901603FGE1E1-RK) in February 2008. The purpose is data backups of my PCs (all XP-SP2). Whenever I use this external hard disk (from any of my PCs), there are always a few occurences of the following in Event viewer :-

Type: Warning
Source: Disk
EventID: 51
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\D during a paging operation

My other external hard disk is a Western Digital (procured about a year ago), and so far, I have not come across any such error message when I use it.

Should I be concerned about this error event in my Seagate FreeAgent? Since this is a data backup device, I am worried.

 

[kimsland]

You can run a drive diagnostic test on it:
https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic7602.html

Also consider running CheckDisk on it too
Go to My Computer
Right click the drive
Select Properties-Tools

 

[abanerji]

Thank you for your advice ... will try.

Just wondering, does a paging operation error mean that file copy might have gone wrong?

 

[kimsland]

Yes it means data stored in the paging file may not have been written to the disk correctly