So I bought a 6tb hhd around 6 months ago, specifically this model WD Red 6TB 60EFAX, I'm a bit scared because it makes like a subtle grinding noise when it reads information and sometimes when im transfering or deleting big files (transferring at 30mb from my internet) and deleting 60gb at once, sometimes it hangs for a few seconds and doesn't let me do anything but not windows, smart or anything reported it as a issue, one time while it was "frozen" I went to "my pc" and refreshed with f5 and the disk disappeared from the rest of the pc and the disk showing there and when it "responded" again it showed up again as if nothing happened.
My pc:
Win 10 64 bit professional edition.
Ryzen5 2600
Gtx 970
16gb ram
Asus PRIME-B450M-A
Toughpower Grand RGB 750W Gold
SSD seagate
WD Red 4TB 40EFRX
WD Red 2TB 20EFRX
WD Red 6TB 60EFAX (the drive im talking about)
The other two drives don't make any sound but they are not SMR and don't have a "trim" function either.
I did many test and everything points that there is 0 issues with it.
Here is a screenshot of smart:
(I also did the test of western digital data lifeguard diagnostic and everything was perfect)
I also run CHKDSK from windows and did the test from western digital dashboard and again it's says the disk is perfectly fine in every aspect.
Here is the thing, when I run WD dashboard it says it has a "trim" function, same as my ssd, but it's not enable at the time, can that be affecting the performance? This is an SMR model (i bought it by mistake) can that be the issue too?
I want to clarify that I don't use my disk for a NAS but as a regular "backup" disk, where I store mostly videos and games (i don't run the games from the disk but store them there)
Finally, windows says this about the disk (weird it's the only one that doesn't say "sata disk device"), some smart software read the drive as an ssd... maybe because it's a new model?
Should I be worried?
Thanks in advance!
My pc:
Win 10 64 bit professional edition.
Ryzen5 2600
Gtx 970
16gb ram
Asus PRIME-B450M-A
Toughpower Grand RGB 750W Gold
SSD seagate
WD Red 4TB 40EFRX
WD Red 2TB 20EFRX
WD Red 6TB 60EFAX (the drive im talking about)
The other two drives don't make any sound but they are not SMR and don't have a "trim" function either.
I did many test and everything points that there is 0 issues with it.
Here is a screenshot of smart:
(I also did the test of western digital data lifeguard diagnostic and everything was perfect)
I also run CHKDSK from windows and did the test from western digital dashboard and again it's says the disk is perfectly fine in every aspect.
Here is the thing, when I run WD dashboard it says it has a "trim" function, same as my ssd, but it's not enable at the time, can that be affecting the performance? This is an SMR model (i bought it by mistake) can that be the issue too?
I want to clarify that I don't use my disk for a NAS but as a regular "backup" disk, where I store mostly videos and games (i don't run the games from the disk but store them there)
Finally, windows says this about the disk (weird it's the only one that doesn't say "sata disk device"), some smart software read the drive as an ssd... maybe because it's a new model?
Should I be worried?
Thanks in advance!
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