Hello there!
I'm studying animation at University and it's important that I back up my files onto an external hard-drive.
I bought a Western Digital 4TB Desktop External Hard-drive. Not a solid-state drive, one of the big external hard-drives.
Recently I was transporting my external hard-drive in my bag and I dropped the bag onto the floor with the hard-drive in it. I heard what sounded like the hard-drive hitting the floor.
So now the hard-drive appears to still be working, but I was wondering if there a way I could test the drive to see if it's functioning properly? Is it likely that the hard-drive will fail on me after the damage?
When I plug in the hard-drive, there is a slight pulsating vibration that comes every few seconds, is this anything?
I would appreciate any help as I need to be able to back-up my work onto this hard-drive with confidence.
Thank you!
I'm studying animation at University and it's important that I back up my files onto an external hard-drive.
I bought a Western Digital 4TB Desktop External Hard-drive. Not a solid-state drive, one of the big external hard-drives.
Recently I was transporting my external hard-drive in my bag and I dropped the bag onto the floor with the hard-drive in it. I heard what sounded like the hard-drive hitting the floor.
So now the hard-drive appears to still be working, but I was wondering if there a way I could test the drive to see if it's functioning properly? Is it likely that the hard-drive will fail on me after the damage?
When I plug in the hard-drive, there is a slight pulsating vibration that comes every few seconds, is this anything?
I would appreciate any help as I need to be able to back-up my work onto this hard-drive with confidence.
Thank you!