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Title. Got a Seagate EXT 4TB that near 2019.
That being said, about a few months back, I was using it on a trashcan PC and it constantly kept throwing errors at me, I was sure as hell that the HDD was dying on me and just kept wrapped so as to not lose my data. I live in a area with constant powercuts from time to time and I don't have money to get UPS backup for every device in my house, the Seagate has a external power adapter and cannot function alone from the power provided by a USB port.
So as of yesterday, I decided to grab the files from the HDD, only to realize it didn't work bad at all, but I did have windows slowing down a bit when I first connected it, but after some time, it started working without issues, no problems or anything.
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ftdu1Ga.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ftdu1Ga.png
^ Crystal Disk Info.
I still wasn't convinced that it automatically fixed itself over time, so I went and ran some tests using the SeaTools App.
It passed SMART Check, Short DST and Short Generic. I didn't test long generic as it would take a lot of time, I ended up using the "FIX ALL -> LONG" option somewhere near 2PM today, I kept it on for hours and hours and it barely progressed to a 30%, sure, its a big 4TB drive, so I didn't mind much (although a bit fishy for a drive that was wiped clean after all the backup was in place), then I left it on and tragedy struck, I had another powercut, not sure if the drive ever finished fixing or not, but its not dead so I am guessing it still works.
Now my question is, is the drive dying, I already have my files safe in my PC, but it is choking my space as all my internal storage is now overloaded from the backups of the 4TB, I need to know whether I can trust this drive or not and throw back some files in.
Another issue I've noticed with the drive is that it is a bit loud, the vibration is felt through the table and sometimes if I keep my hand on it, I can feel the vibration suddenly grab a jerk then continue along (during read/write) but a friend of mine says it is because the 4TB drives platter moving around.
The HDD is a Seagate Backup +HUB BK 4TB
edit : both 0 Write and Erase Boot Sector tools provided by SeaTools return a FAIL message.
That being said, about a few months back, I was using it on a trashcan PC and it constantly kept throwing errors at me, I was sure as hell that the HDD was dying on me and just kept wrapped so as to not lose my data. I live in a area with constant powercuts from time to time and I don't have money to get UPS backup for every device in my house, the Seagate has a external power adapter and cannot function alone from the power provided by a USB port.
So as of yesterday, I decided to grab the files from the HDD, only to realize it didn't work bad at all, but I did have windows slowing down a bit when I first connected it, but after some time, it started working without issues, no problems or anything.
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ftdu1Ga.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ftdu1Ga.png
^ Crystal Disk Info.
I still wasn't convinced that it automatically fixed itself over time, so I went and ran some tests using the SeaTools App.
It passed SMART Check, Short DST and Short Generic. I didn't test long generic as it would take a lot of time, I ended up using the "FIX ALL -> LONG" option somewhere near 2PM today, I kept it on for hours and hours and it barely progressed to a 30%, sure, its a big 4TB drive, so I didn't mind much (although a bit fishy for a drive that was wiped clean after all the backup was in place), then I left it on and tragedy struck, I had another powercut, not sure if the drive ever finished fixing or not, but its not dead so I am guessing it still works.
Now my question is, is the drive dying, I already have my files safe in my PC, but it is choking my space as all my internal storage is now overloaded from the backups of the 4TB, I need to know whether I can trust this drive or not and throw back some files in.
Another issue I've noticed with the drive is that it is a bit loud, the vibration is felt through the table and sometimes if I keep my hand on it, I can feel the vibration suddenly grab a jerk then continue along (during read/write) but a friend of mine says it is because the 4TB drives platter moving around.
The HDD is a Seagate Backup +HUB BK 4TB
edit : both 0 Write and Erase Boot Sector tools provided by SeaTools return a FAIL message.
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