External HDD dying :(

[KamiKatze]

Hey guys, so apperantly my 2 y/o external hard drive is dying. It's this WD 1 TB 2.5" drive. I use it to back up my data and store the full system backups, that i created using Acronis .

 

I first noticed something was wrong by the transferspeeds of ~5 MB/s through USB 3.0. It also takes abnormally long for the PC to detect the drive and actions like right click on some data or copy paste take longer than normal.

 

So i tried to backup my HDD to my internal drive and reformat it. But while backing up it failes on (only) 2 datas everytime. Unfortunatley those 2 datas are the only backups that exist of my PC, very shortly after I've installed windows etc. on it. - So later when i wanted to reinstall i could just use those backups instead of reinstalling everything. -.

 

The error message is: [german]"die quelldatei oder vom quelldatenträger kann nicht gelesen werden" which freely translated means "the source data or from the source drive can't be read"

 

So i did some testing with HD Tune which, despite my observations, says that everything should be fine, see files attached.

 

I also tried chkdsk /f /r, which took for eeeeever (not 24h for ever but 24 years for ever) so i aborted that.

 

So do you know a proper repair program for such cases. Also how do i get those two backups off there without damaging them and without spending a fortune on some hard drive recovery specialists.

 

-Meow

[DirkaFat]

It's no good, it has 12 hours

 

 

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Mooshi]

Anyone remember when hard drive quality control actually meant something?

[FireFox]

Download CrystalDiskInfo and see what that says, if there are any issues with it the drives SMART function should indicate something.

 

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

[Andrew48]

Maybe its the sata to usb controller that is dying and not the HDD itself? I had a similar problem with my 2TB WD  external drive and I removed the drive from its encloser and installed it as an internal drive and it worked

[KamiKatze]

Download CrystalDiskInfo and see what that says, if there are any issues with it the drives SMART function should indicate something.

 

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

 

I am really not that much into hard drives, but that program is awesome. Don't know exactly what all that means so i took a screenshot for you.

[KamiKatze]

Maybe its the sata to usb controller that is dying and not the HDD itself? I had a similar problem with my 2TB WD  external drive and I removed the drive from its encloser and installed it as an internal drive and it worked

 

This will be my last option.

[FireFox]

I am really not that much into hard drives, but that program is awesome. Don't know exactly what all that means so i took a screenshot for you.

 

Not not really either, I just like computers but it has been a useful program to diagnose problems or potential problems, the reallocated sectors count I think means you've got a few sectors that aren't able to have anything read to or something.

 

The second one I'm even more unsure than the first problem lol