[SOLVED] Is my hard drive gone?

[fuzmaster]

So for some reason this morning, my icons decided to show up as blank thumbnails for files, and I'm having a hard time access my files from a certain drive. I figured I'd run a test using seagate's tools, and sometimes it would succeed and fail the short dst test (haven't tried the long one yet) but it passed the smart test. So I decided to look at the connections to my computer and the power and sata cords were in place as usual. I didn't install anything recently that could have cause this and the only thing I could think of is the recent Windows 10 update, but I'm not too sure since my hard drive is acting strange in the first place. Here's an example of what my icons look like, before there would be thumbnail images, and this is in another drive on my computer that runs fine. Below are my system specs, again I bought this drive around 6 months ago and never had problems with it.

CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($413.00 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($52.77 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($117.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 960 2 GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Deepcool - KENDOMEN Black ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)

 

[alkatraz333.jh]

So for some reason this morning, my icons decided to show up as blank thumbnails for files, and I'm having a hard time access my files from a certain drive. I figured I'd run a test using seagate's tools, and sometimes it would succeed and fail the short dst test (haven't tried the long one yet) but it passed the smart test. So I decided to look at the connections to my computer and the power and sata cords were in place as usual. I didn't install anything recently that could have cause this and the only thing I could think of is the recent Windows 10 update, but I'm not too sure since my hard drive is acting strange in the first place. Here's an example of what my icons look like, before there would be thumbnail images, and this is in another drive on my computer that runs fine. Below are my system specs, again I bought this drive around 6 months ago and never had problems with it.

CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($413.00 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($52.77 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($117.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 960 2 GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Deepcool - KENDOMEN Black ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)

I regret to inform you, but that really sounds like a defective hard drive. But if you havent dropped it, i find it very strange that it just died after only 6 months of use. Which hard drive is it?

 

[fuzmaster]

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cache-Desktop-Drive-WD10EZEX/dp/B0088PUEPK

 

[fuzmaster]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from fuzmaster : "Is my hard drive gone?"

So for some reason this morning, my icons decided to show up as blank thumbnails for files, and I'm having a hard time access my files from a certain drive. I figured I'd run a test using seagate's tools, and sometimes it would succeed and fail the short dst test (haven't tried the long one yet) but it passed the smart test. So I decided to look at the connections to my computer and the power and sata cords were in place as usual. I didn't install anything recently that could have cause this and the only thing I could think of is the recent Windows 10 update, but I'm not too sure since my hard drive is acting strange in the first place. Here's an example of what my icons look like, before there would be thumbnail images, and this is in another drive on my computer that runs fine. Below are my system specs, again I bought this drive around 6 months ago and never had problems with it.

CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($413.00 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($52.77 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: Patriot - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.50 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper Series 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($117.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 960 2 GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Deepcool - KENDOMEN Black ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)

 

[rgd1101]

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[misar]

So for some reason this morning, my icons decided to show up as blank thumbnails for files, and I'm having a hard time access my files from a certain drive.

What exactly do you mean by "I'm having a hard time access my files"?
Can you or can't you see the files on the drive listed in File Explorer (as in your example), can you not open all or some of them, are they slow to open, or what?

Disappearing icons could be a problem with the drive but there are other possible reasons. Such as the program which usually opens them is no longer available. Do you get an error message when you try to open a file with no icon?