Problem with WDC 500 GB HDD

[Pavlo2015]

I have a problem with my WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 500 gb hard disk drive. It started 3-4 month ago when i tried to install Battlefield 3 and it simply didnt install with this problem, but on the second day it managed to install, the problem was forgotten and everything went happy. But a month ago this problem got back and still here. The problem is that it is very slow, and when ever i try to install or copy something to this disk it slows down even more, the files start corrupting and after that i need to restart my computer because it freezes at 100% usage and estimated answer time is more than 10000 ms one time it even showed me 13282194 ms. And it doesn't shut down, so i need to turn off the power. Today i tried to install Far Cry 2, guess what?, it was installing 4 hours and then the files were corrupted. I ran seagate tools, it always passes S.M.A.R.T. check, Short Drive Self Test, and Short Generic, but often(not the most time) fails at Long Generic, when running this tests the disk usage is estimately at 78-89%. When it run games the problem dont occur. It even loads up Far Cry 4 in 3 seconds. When i create/delete folders its usage is 30-40%. i tried defragging but 7 hours and it still on 7%. Please help me!
My specs are:
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB
Intel Xeon W3570
Evga GTX 770 Superclocked ACX 2.0
2x8Gb Kingston DDR3-2400 Hyperx Fury
Dell Workstation 01KPNV
Team L3 EVO SSD 120GB
WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0

 

[DR_Luke]

It is probably a sign that this drive is failing. At best, it likely has a firmware issue causing the slow down. But, that issue is usually caused by a weak and and bad sectors. It could also be an issue with the PCB.

If you value the data on the drive, make sure it is backed up. You should probably just replace the drive.

 

[velocityg4]

That drive is dead. It is time to toss it and replace it.

If you don't have a backup. Stop using it right now. This very second. Turn off the power and remove the hard drive.

Since you have an SSD. I will assume that is your boot drive.

Install the new HDD and format it. So, it is ready to roll. Connect the failing hard drive. Start copying your most important data. Then copy everything else. That way if it fails during the copy. You can, hopefully, get your most valuable data.

If you have a backup. You can try fiddling with it.

Run CHKDSK /r to map the drive for bad sectors.
- Open an elevated command prompt. Open the Start menu type "command". You should see "Command Prompt" in the list of options. Right click and choose "Open as Administrator" in the menu.
- You will want to run chkdsk. You will need to add the correct path. For example if your hard drive is the D: drive you would type chkdsk /r D: then press enter.

Note: chkdsk /r check the entire drive surface. This can take several hours. If it won't finish, has unrecoverable errors, &c. That is it. Your drive is done for. Drill a hole in it (to prevent someone from recovering your data) and throw it out. My reaction to your description. Is that it is failing.

 

[Pavlo2015]

That drive is dead. It is time to toss it and replace it.

If you don't have a backup. Stop using it right now. This very second. Turn off the power and remove the hard drive.

Since you have an SSD. I will assume that is your boot drive.

Install the new HDD and format it. So, it is ready to roll. Connect the failing hard drive. Start copying your most important data. Then copy everything else. That way if it fails during the copy. You can, hopefully, get your most valuable data.

If you have a backup. You can try fiddling with it.

Run CHKDSK /r to map the drive for bad sectors.
- Open an elevated command prompt. Open the Start menu type "command". You should see "Command Prompt" in the list of options. Right click and choose "Open as Administrator" in the menu.
- You will want to run chkdsk. You will need to add the correct path. For example if your hard drive is the D: drive you would type chkdsk /r D: then press enter.

Note: chkdsk /r check the entire drive surface. This can take several hours. If it won't finish, has unrecoverable errors, &c. That is it. Your drive is done for. Drill a hole in it (to prevent someone from recovering your data) and throw it out. My reaction to your description. Is that it is failing.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I ran chkdsk and though it crashed on stage 4 99.9%, now my HDD working perfectly!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!

 

[velocityg4]

That drive is dead. It is time to toss it and replace it.

If you don't have a backup. Stop using it right now. This very second. Turn off the power and remove the hard drive.

Since you have an SSD. I will assume that is your boot drive.

Install the new HDD and format it. So, it is ready to roll. Connect the failing hard drive. Start copying your most important data. Then copy everything else. That way if it fails during the copy. You can, hopefully, get your most valuable data.

If you have a backup. You can try fiddling with it.

Run CHKDSK /r to map the drive for bad sectors.
- Open an elevated command prompt. Open the Start menu type "command". You should see "Command Prompt" in the list of options. Right click and choose "Open as Administrator" in the menu.
- You will want to run chkdsk. You will need to add the correct path. For example if your hard drive is the D: drive you would type chkdsk /r D: then press enter.

Note: chkdsk /r check the entire drive surface. This can take several hours. If it won't finish, has unrecoverable errors, &c. That is it. Your drive is done for. Drill a hole in it (to prevent someone from recovering your data) and throw it out. My reaction to your description. Is that it is failing.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I ran chkdsk and though it crashed on stage 4 99.9%, now my HDD working perfectly!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!

You're welcome. While CHKDSK /r maps out and flags bad sectors as unusable. If there were a lot of bad sectors. That is a sign of a drive going south. I would advise against counting on it for storing critical data and be fastidious about backups.