I have an old Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB hard drive in an also old computer. From time to time, randomly, the hard drive suddenly shuts down and then immediately powers up again (same sound as when the computer is shut down). It seems completely random and the computer doesn't freeze or give any errors, it just continues running as if nothing happened. I switched power supplies and video cards twice since this started without any changes. I searched for similar issues, but the hard drive doesn't make any other sounds such as clicking like when it might be failing.
My question is, is there a way (hardware or software) to test the hard drive and find out what might be causing this (other components might be failing and cause this) ?
Thank you in advance.
My question is, is there a way (hardware or software) to test the hard drive and find out what might be causing this (other components might be failing and cause this) ?
Thank you in advance.