Can someone tell me if this hard drive is ok? SMART Test result.

LeadGaming212

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Hi, Just got this hard drive for free from a friend that doesnt know much about computers and i said i'd take it and it makes a high pitch scratching like noise so i did SMART test but as I dont really know what to look for other than the caution signs, I dont really know whats wrong with it, if anything.

Just something else that happened, I've had this hard drive for about a week and I installed some games on it for my other computer and it was working for up until the day before this post that it wasnt detected in windows then I looked if it had been disconnected inside the computer and it had been and the sata cable was kinda crappy with no lock at all so it came out of the port, I replaced the cable and proceeded to boot windows and it wasnt detected in file explorer but in disk management it was visible but as an unformatted partition so I had lost all the data on the drive and am now in the process of reinstalling the stuff i had on it.
https://imgur.com/a/FTecdyF
 
Hmm, ok thanks for that. I guess i'll need to buy a proper drive for this PC and one that isn't nearing death.
Do you/ anyone else here, have any recommendations for a cheap drive to be used in a 2nd PC & one that has at least an "OK" speed?
Also I just did some more testing after my post and I found out the scratching sound is from my other drive which i know is going to die because some times it doesn't even spin up to be detected, but that's irrelevant.