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I realise there's another thread like this, but you can all look at mine now.
The drive first started stuttering on my computer when I played music from it. Browsing through it would take a couple seconds every time I move to another directory. After restarting, the AHCI check would pause for seconds after it reached the port the drive was in; once Windows boot, it didn't even show up.
Took it to another PC, the drive did manage to come up. Data still seemed intact, so I tried a scan, results showed some files just couldn't be scanned and these were normal files rather than the usual unreadables like system data. I tried opening those files, but they managed to open fine (damn mixed messages).
Next day, I tried starting it again and now the computer doesn't seem to quite start up unless the drive's disconnected. It bluescreens, but the computer restarts too quickly to catch what it said. BIOS doesn't see it, WD's diagnostic tool doesn't see it.
Now I'm thinking of doing an RMA, so I try wiping it with DBAN, but it finishes way too quickly, so I'm thinking it couldn't see the drive either.
I'm 99% sure it's dead and WD will probably process the RMA, but I'd like a 100% assurance too, so please throw in your thoughts.
Also, I'm curious how possible it would be for data to be recovered. I do have backups in place, but instead I'm concerned with the possibility of important data being stolen from it.
Much thanks!
The drive first started stuttering on my computer when I played music from it. Browsing through it would take a couple seconds every time I move to another directory. After restarting, the AHCI check would pause for seconds after it reached the port the drive was in; once Windows boot, it didn't even show up.
Took it to another PC, the drive did manage to come up. Data still seemed intact, so I tried a scan, results showed some files just couldn't be scanned and these were normal files rather than the usual unreadables like system data. I tried opening those files, but they managed to open fine (damn mixed messages).
Next day, I tried starting it again and now the computer doesn't seem to quite start up unless the drive's disconnected. It bluescreens, but the computer restarts too quickly to catch what it said. BIOS doesn't see it, WD's diagnostic tool doesn't see it.
Now I'm thinking of doing an RMA, so I try wiping it with DBAN, but it finishes way too quickly, so I'm thinking it couldn't see the drive either.
I'm 99% sure it's dead and WD will probably process the RMA, but I'd like a 100% assurance too, so please throw in your thoughts.
Also, I'm curious how possible it would be for data to be recovered. I do have backups in place, but instead I'm concerned with the possibility of important data being stolen from it.
Much thanks!
