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In shorter answer if you are okay with losing all data stored on that hard drive why do you even care. longer answer:Keep in mind that any sector may became unreadable any time. When it comes to compressed information this may mean in worst case everything becomes unusable and in best case few...

Seems to be very good health. I have intel 240gb with over 120tb written and still working fine even after I left it unplugged for few months. You only have 0,7tb written and this is 512gb model so I think it has more endurance (max life) in total.

Didn't you have realized yet when sector became bad you do not only lose storage but all data that is saved to that sector. Should failing sectors hold the "file allocation table" and then become unreadable? This may cause all your data inaccessible to operationg system as it can't know where...

Yes, your hdd has a lot of failing smart attributes. You should already have backup, even when drive does not seem damaged. If you want to do it properly now get 2 new drives. One to be your "main" one and the another being your backup, then leave your current one as is. Your current drive can...

It may be corrupted and/or incompatible partition table. If you can use linux (live mode is enought) you could run sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/devicetoerase bs=1M count=1 to erase the partition table completely then use gparted to create new partition table and partition. You can get...

Get linux. I use linux lite and have installed it to usb (full, not live) I use it on multiple computers and I have NEVER had any issue (exept using 64bit linux on 32b hardware). Linux lite also supports windows native ntfs filesystem and you can take break of windows without fully abandoning...

Is this "x5 times speed" done with editing the pic? Edit: why is the date 18/12/2017 in that picture? Edit: Looks like windows 7 not windows 10 Edit: Did you notice there is no red squares at the bottom of your screen

May be problem with your monitors video processor. Can you try any high bitrate video from another source? You can also carefully heat the back of the monitor with for example hair dryer, when inputting low bitrate video.

Use another os (linux) to make sure it is not a software issue