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Sorry, I typed wrong. The software is "HD Tune". With benchmark you can visualize where the disk has less throughput and the access time, its not only a value of bandwidth. If you test it with the hdd usb case, you're not gonna know what is failing... The idea is to detect the wrong behavior of...

Considering what ex_bubblehead said, remember to search the replacement that have same number/revision of the actual HDD:

Also, The link is a 2.5 drive. The image is an example of "what is look like" and Lee have to search for a replacement that fit the characteristics of his unit... My english is far for been perfect, but i think i've expressed myself well...

Hi Bruff! Can you conect the disk to a sata port and post the crystaldiskmark results? And if you can run the benchmark of HDD Tune ('Benchmark' read and write, and 'file bench' with the file lenght that you are having troubles) it can reveal a bad behaviour on the unit. For HDD tune benchmark...

If it's worth it, you can buy the PCB for your HDD and recover the data. You must search for the same model and revision, you can find it on the PCB near the sata power conector: It can be in another place, so find out! The price is near 20-30 bucks...

Hi Lee! Can you share the model of your disk? Its about SSD or HDD? To get started, post SMART output (HDD tune on windows, smartctl on unix)

I have a ST2000VX015-2XG102 "SkyHawk" model that have been replaced by RMA. Same smart output as your barracuda disk (HECC=RRError). But, it seems that high value on HEE and RRER not necesary means a faulty unit: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART...