Is This 4TB External Drive Defective or Counterfeit?
I recently bought a 4TB Seagate OneTouch portable external HDD and wanted to test it thoroughly before using it. Windows recognizes the drive and shows the expected usable…
HDD troubleshooting
Is loud thumping from a new 20TB IronWolf hard drive normal?
I recently bought a new 20TB Seagate IronWolf HDD. The retailer's packaging wasn't great, although the box showed no obvious damage. I installed the drive in a PC,…
Is My 8TB Hard Drive Failing Despite a Healthy SMART Status?
I'm not very experienced with PC hardware, so I'm trying to figure out what's happening with my 8TB Seagate hard drive (ST8000VN004-2M2101). It used to work normally, but…
Is My Seagate 8TB Hard Drive Failing Despite Showing a Healthy SMART Status?
I'm not very experienced with PC hardware, but my hard drive has started behaving strangely over the past few months. I previously downloaded games to it without problems,…
Why Do My Internal SATA Hard Drives Occasionally Disappear?
I have two internally mounted 3.5-inch spinning SATA hard drives that occasionally vanish from File Explorer, roughly once a week. Restarting the computer brings them back every time.…
Why Do My Internal SATA Hard Drives Occasionally Disappear?
I have two internally mounted 3.5-inch spinning SATA hard drives that occasionally vanish from File Explorer, roughly once a week. Restarting the computer brings them back every time.…
Everything Freezes When I Connect This Hard Drive—Is It Failing?
I suspect something is wrong with my hard drive because anything that tries to access it becomes unresponsive, including Command Prompt, folders, disk-wiping software, and antivirus tools. I…
How can I check and recover a 1TB hard drive found in my attic?
I found a 1TB hard drive that belonged to my dad in my mom's attic. She said it stopped working, but I'd like to see whether it can…