fix my external harddrive

[adthab]

my external harddrive had been very slow lately for an unknown reason.when i want to transfer a small document,it makes me wait for at least 30 minutes to complete.
can you help me with this problem?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Test it with either Seagate Seatools for Windows or WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostic for Windows, depending on the make of the drive:

SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

WD Data Lifeguard: http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=307&lang=en

You can ignore the drive illustrated on the WD page if yours is different - - it doesn't matter which WD model you have.

SeaTools can test any make of drive, but the WD software will only test WD drives (or there has to be at least one WD drive on the system if you want to test other brands with it).