HITACHI Deskstar & CinemaStar 7K1000.B & Deskstar E7K1000 Hard Disk Drive specification 
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Status Flag Definitions 
An Attribute Value less than or equal to its corresponding Attribute Threshold indicates an 
advisory condition where the usage or age of the device has exceeded its intended design 
life period. 
An Attribute Value less than or equal to its corresponding attribute threshold indicates a 
pre-Failure condition where imminent loss of data is being predicted. 
The Attribute Value is updated only during Off-Line testing 
The Attribute Value is updated during On-Line testing or during both On-Line and Off-Line 
testing. 
 
Normalized Values:  The  device  will perform conversion of the  raw  Attribute Values to  transform them into 
normalized values, which the host can then compare with the Threshold values. A Threshold is the excursion 
limit for a normalized Attribute Value. 
11.42.2.3    Off-Line Data Collection Status 
The value of this byte defines the current status of the off-line activities of the device. Bit 7 indicates Automatic 
Off-Line Data Collection Status. 
Automatic Off-Line Data Collection Status 
Automatic Off-Line Data Collection is disabled. 
Automatic Off-Line Data Collection is enabled. 
Bits 0 thru 6 represents a hexadecimal status value reported by the device. 
Off-line data collection never started 
All segments completed without errors.   
Off-line data collection suspended by interrupting command 
Off-line data collecting aborted by interrupting command 
Off-line data collection aborted with fatal error