HDD diagnostics

Should I Return a New External HDD That Clicks and Fails Complete Tests?

I bought a supposedly new WD My Passport 5TB external hard drive (WDBPKJ0050BBK-WESN), and it occasionally makes a mechanical clicking sound when it is idle—sometimes every few seconds,…

Is running CHKDSK /f /r safe for a hard drive showing pending sectors?

I have an Acer Aspire 3 A315-42 with a 1TB hard drive. CrystalDiskInfo is reporting a warning for Current Pending Sector Count, so I'm considering running chkdsk /f…

Is My Hard Drive About to Fail?

I've been encountering disk read errors when trying to download games on Steam, so I decided to run a diagnostic using Crystal Disk. The result showed a 'Caution'…