If any of the attributes are coming close to the Worst values, it implies hard disk life is deteriorating. It is important to ensure that you are only using software that is reliable and trustworthy look for reviews and ask for recommendations. The software will also give you an idea of what may be causing the problem. Check the current value against the Threshold and the Worst value. Diagnostic software is available online and allows you to test the health of your hard disk. Its been referenced a number of times on a number of forums but it doesnt appear to have a solution. Always showing as 'Status: Disk Read/Write Error' but SMART Information showing as 'Good' but Disk I/O status showing as Abnormal. The ‘Raw_Read_Error_Rate’, ‘Reallocated_Sector_Count’, ‘Seek_Error_Rate’ are some important attributes to look for. Check each volume affected by the disk > removal for errors. This is the data that says about your hard disk status. Scroll down in the report to find S.M.A.R.T attributes. Many disks include Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T) hardware. Run Windows CHKDSK tool Another simple way to check your disk is with a CHKDSK command prompt action. You can check the health of many disks using Disk Utility. You can always check your computer manufacturer’s website for details or contact their support team. To check hard drive or USB health, the third-party free hard drive partition manager - MiniTool Partition Wizard - is also professional. You can click on ‘View Output’ to see full report. Your PC manufacturer should include a similar utility or program to test hard drive health. In my case it showed ‘Completed without error’. After the process is done, it will show summary of ‘Test result’. Short test is good enough to show out problems in a seriously failing hard disk. You can start with ‘Short Self-test’ and then proceed with longer ones if you want. STEP 7: In the ‘Perform Tests’ tab, you can choose ‘Test type’. In my case I want to check a 2TB WD Passport external hard disk drive. STEP 6: Right-click on the hard disk icon which you want to check and select. STEP 5: You should see all the hard disks connected to your computer including the internal hard disk drive. SMART will automatically notify you of data loss the drive can be replaced as long as it remains functional. STEP 4: Enter root password when prompted. How to check hard drive health on Windows 11 On Windows 11, open Settings > System > Storage > Advanced storage settings > Disks & volumes. If you are checking the computer’s internal hard disk, then you can open the GSmartControl app directly. I'll update this comment whenever I figure out something new.STEP 3: Plug-in you external hard disk which you want to check. Maybe I should make another post explaining my issue in r/techsupport? It's mostly in the windows explorer menus when I go through folders. Could there be something here? I'm a bit worried about it. I could try filming it to figure out what the hell is going on. I can see maybe 10 lines of code going through and then it disappears. Every now and then a command prompt pops up for a fraction of a second, making screenshotting it impossible. Afterwards I'll scan my 480GB gaming hard drive, but this shouldn't have any issues really considering its age and that the only content there are games, mostly from Steam. Currently running a scan on my old main hard drive that I now use as for data. I've scanned my main hard drive, a 120GB Intel SSD. Update 1: I've downloaded HD Tune and started scanning.
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