Is my HDD dying?

[Dawidxp]

Hello guys

recently i noticed my games are taking a little bit longer to load and disk having spikes up to 100% usage sometimes

are those screenshots a reason for me to worry?

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[Skiiwee29]

Run a check disk on the drives. Seems like it potentially could be going bad, or just needs to correct bad sectors. 

 

https://computing.which.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/115005587645-How-to-use-CHKDSK-Check-Disk-to-repair-a-hard-drive

[Ardu]

5 minutes ago, Dawidxp said:

Hello guys

recently i noticed my games are taking a little bit longer to load and disk having spikes up to 100% usage sometimes

are those screenshots a reason for me to worry?

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What are you doing when you notice the spikes?

[Dawidxp]

 

I have expressed myself incorrectly, spikes are happening when im loading something or download something and save it on that drive, im not an expert but i think it shouldn't use 100% for a simple task like this

 

19 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Run a check disk on the drives. Seems like it potentially could be going bad, or just needs to correct bad sectors. 

 

https://computing.which.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/115005587645-How-to-use-CHKDSK-Check-Disk-to-repair-a-hard-drive

i have ran check disk, no errors were found on both D and E partitions (whole hdd)

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

Download some free backup software do a backup and fly by the seat of your pants, or as those WD5000AAKX-001CA 500GB drives are not that expensive so throw some coin at a new one and use the old one as a storage drive.

[Skiiwee29]

26 minutes ago, Dawidxp said:

 

I have expressed myself incorrectly, spikes are happening when im loading something or download something and save it on that drive, im not an expert but i think it shouldn't use 100% for a simple task like this

 

i have ran check disk, no errors were found on both D and E partitions (whole hdd)

It will spike to 100% when downloading and installing.. its mechanical.. it can only do 1 task, it can either read.. or write.. not both so when its writing, its going to be at 100% usage. 

[Dawidxp]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

It will spike to 100% when downloading and installing.. its mechanical.. it can only do 1 task, it can either read.. or write.. not both so when its writing, its going to be at 100% usage. 

what about those 3 red sectors in HD Tune? windows check disk said no errors were found tho

[Skiiwee29]

3 minutes ago, Dawidxp said:

what about those 3 red sectors in HD Tune? windows check disk said no errors were found tho

Almost all of those 3rd party software for doing scans and disk checks are more or less fraudulent and don't actually tell the truth and are bloat to try and get you to buy more into there software. I personally wouldn't put any credibility into them myself.