Clone external bootable USB drive

[TomS45]

Hello everyone, I have a lenovo B560 laptop( I don't know the history of the laptop it arrived at my hands without OS) and after having formatted it with win 7 Pro SP1 it ran very slowly.. I am thinking that was caused by a failing drive (WD 500G I think) so as we speak I have installed Win7 on a USB drive and it runs smoothly. Should I conclude slugish performance was the failing internal drive or give it a shot to clone the external USB drive to the internal and see how it goes?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey TomS45. You could always give it a shot, but it would best if you can try the drive with another computer to see if the same thing happens again, because the culprit might be a faulty SATA connection as well. I'd also recommend that you download DLG (Data Lifeguard Diagnostic) to test the drive and see if there are any issues with it. Here's a link where you can download it: Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[TomS45]

Thanks for replying boogieman! Ok I ran Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows and after starting it displays SMART Status: PASS. I tried to perform a quick test on the drive and it says :

Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status cod=07(Failed read test element),Failure Checkpoint=102 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!

So quick test failed! I also moved the drive to another laptop where I tried to install Win7 but it also didn't seem to proceed with the installation. It was stuck on Copying windows files.
Are all these enough to diagnose a failing disk?
Thanks

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Having in mind the results of the test and the fact that you've already tried it with another computer and the same thing happened again, there's no doubt about it. I'm sorry to have to say it, but it looks like the drive has failed. You could check its serial number at http://www.wdc.com to see if it's still under warranty or contact WD Service & Support directly.

 

[TomS45]

Thanks for helping out man! Unfortunately it is out of warranty!
Cheers!

 

[Boogieman_WD]

No problem, you are welcome. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. I hope you have better luck with your next drive and hopefully you don't have to come back here for this type of situation.

Cheers 😉