My HDD started clicking and caused a VM crash—should I stop using it?
Today, while running a virtual machine, my Seagate 2TB hard drive began making repeated clicking sounds and the virtual machine crashed with a blue screen. The clicking happened…
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My Seagate HDD Started Clicking and Caused a VM Crash—Is It Failing?
My Seagate 2TB hard drive began clicking repeatedly while I was using a virtual machine, and the virtual machine soon crashed with a blue screen. The clicking continued…
Why is my old hard drive taking so long to complete a disk check?
I removed an old hard drive from a computer that had been in storage and connected it through an external enclosure. Windows prompted me to run a disk…
Why is my old external HDD taking so long to complete a disk check?
I removed an old hard drive from a computer that had been stored away and connected it through an external enclosure. Windows prompted me to run a disk…
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…
Hard Drive Crashes Anything That Tries to Access It—Virus or Hardware Failure?
I suspect something is wrong with one of my hard drives because almost anything that tries to access it freezes or crashes, including File Explorer, Command Prompt, disk-wiping…
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,…
NVMe SSD Reports Degraded Reliability Despite 99% Life Remaining—How Can I Stop the HP Warning?
My OMEN by HP 16 gaming laptop has been showing BitLocker prompts during startup for the past month or two. More recently, the HP startup diagnostics began warning…
Is this 3TB hard drive still safe for disposable storage?
I found an old 3TB hard drive that had been unused for quite a while and checked its SMART status after reconnecting it. The results show a large…
Is my new SSD already failing?
I recently installed Linux Mint on a new SSD for an old PC, but after a few days, I got stuck at the login screen and ended up…