I have a pretty old hard drive, it used to be in a USB case until something happened to it so I took it out and now use it internally. I noticed a few months ago that it had just vanished from my drives list.
Then one day it made the "you plugged something in" sound (in Windows 10) and the drive popped up! I took this as a sign that it's on it's way out and probably about to break. It's really, really old, around 10-12 years possibly. But is there a way I can be sure? This drive randomly disappears and reappears seemingly whenever it feels like so I can't trust it with any data.
Are there any programs that thoroughly test the health of a drive? I did all the tests within Windows (all 1 of them) and they all say it's fine. One problem I did have years ago with this drive was corrupt files but I haven't had that happen since.
I backed up everything important from it and it's just sitting there. But it's 500gb of unused space! And I need some space right now. So is there anything I can do to find out if this is maybe a driver issue or some sort of other issue or if I should just take it out and retire it? All of the cables are connected etc, I've double checked and every other drive is perfectly fine.
So what are the best "drive health" tools available right now that can put it through it's paces?
Thanks.
Then one day it made the "you plugged something in" sound (in Windows 10) and the drive popped up! I took this as a sign that it's on it's way out and probably about to break. It's really, really old, around 10-12 years possibly. But is there a way I can be sure? This drive randomly disappears and reappears seemingly whenever it feels like so I can't trust it with any data.
Are there any programs that thoroughly test the health of a drive? I did all the tests within Windows (all 1 of them) and they all say it's fine. One problem I did have years ago with this drive was corrupt files but I haven't had that happen since.
I backed up everything important from it and it's just sitting there. But it's 500gb of unused space! And I need some space right now. So is there anything I can do to find out if this is maybe a driver issue or some sort of other issue or if I should just take it out and retire it? All of the cables are connected etc, I've double checked and every other drive is perfectly fine.
So what are the best "drive health" tools available right now that can put it through it's paces?
Thanks.