WD Hard Drive May Be Failing

Silibant · Apr 9, 2014

This just happened; scared the s::t out of me. I was playing a game when my screen froze, audio glitched out, and then screen turned red. I think this may be my WD MyBook drive that I pried out of a portable HDD from before I was born, as it has been making grinding/buzzing noises recently and my Steam install is there. I'm switching Steam install to C drive and removing the drive, but is this enough? Thanks.

USAFRet · Apr 9, 2014

If you can move all data off it, then all is well.

When a drive starts making noises, it never gets better, only worse. This sounds like a dying drive.

Silibant · Apr 9, 2014

USAFRet :

Thanks, even the redscreen thing is caused by faulty drive? Also, can I keep it until its death to store useless .mp3s and stuff, or could it damage my system?

USAFRet · Apr 9, 2014

It won't damage anything else, but at any time (5 mins from now?) all on it may be lost.

Silibant · Apr 9, 2014

USAFRet :

OHHH SNAP! But seriously, thanks for the advice. Steam games and FTL are backed up to the C drive. Yay!

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