Storage Solutions Is My Hard Disk Failing ?

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There are some warning signs for my Western Digital WD5000AAKX purchased 5 months ago.

Both The Diagnostic tests with WD Data Lifeguard Failed (Quick and Extended).

Here are the results
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Test Option: QUICK TEST 
Model Number: WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 
Firmware Number: 15.01H15 
Capacity: 500.11 GB 
SMART Status: PASS 
Test Result: FAIL 
Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 3 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 3! 
Test Time: 16:02:06, January 01, 2012 

Test Option: EXTENDED TEST 
Model Number: WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 
Firmware Number: 15.01H15 
Capacity: 500.11 GB 
SMART Status: PASS 
Test Result: FAIL 
Test Error Code: 08-Error was detected while repairing bad sectors. 
Test Time: 17:32:18, January 01, 2012

After that I tested it with HDtune.
The health tab in HDtune shows ok while a surface scan shows 6 bad blocks.

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However When I check with Crystal Disk Info
It shows two SMART attributes in caution :

1) Current Pending Sector Count - 8 (raw value)

2) Uncorrectable Sector Count - 3 (raw value)

Now the question is - What does all this mean ?
Is this HDD going to fail in short term ?
Should I create an RMA ?
Please advice about the same.
 
Hmm I have already started the RMA creation.

I am transfering all my data to another HD.

The question is while transfering some video files to another HD I am getting data error CRC.

But the same video is playing all right in the bad HD. How's that possible ?
 
Is there any way I could transfer my video files to another HDD without getting data error ?
 
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