- Aug 25, 2014
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I have WD Elements 1023 1Tb external hard drive for about 2 yrs. It has been showing inconsistent
transfer speeds for few days. When I try copying files to the drive, the transfer rate is inconsistent, I mean it varies from 0 bytes to 1 Mbps taking like forever to transfer just 1Gb file. It used to have about 27 Mbps transfer rate.
I formatted the drive(both by using quick erase and full erase by using WD Data Guard)
I used the Hard Disk Sentinel and WD data guard to test the hard drive. When i performed Quick test, it just shows "error status:7 checkpoint: 97 .....error by read element" and aborts all the test. When i try to runt the surface test, it keeps going on "not responding" and my system hangs. It shows that there are 9 weak sectors in my hard drive.
*How do I fix my drive? (if there is any software issues)
*Is my drive fixable if i goto repair shop? (if there is hardware issues)
And lastly,
*If the issue is hardware then how did this happen? What should i do to prevent any future happenings?
Details:
Windows 8
WD elements 1tb
USB 2.0
Thanks.
transfer speeds for few days. When I try copying files to the drive, the transfer rate is inconsistent, I mean it varies from 0 bytes to 1 Mbps taking like forever to transfer just 1Gb file. It used to have about 27 Mbps transfer rate.
I formatted the drive(both by using quick erase and full erase by using WD Data Guard)
I used the Hard Disk Sentinel and WD data guard to test the hard drive. When i performed Quick test, it just shows "error status:7 checkpoint: 97 .....error by read element" and aborts all the test. When i try to runt the surface test, it keeps going on "not responding" and my system hangs. It shows that there are 9 weak sectors in my hard drive.
*How do I fix my drive? (if there is any software issues)
*Is my drive fixable if i goto repair shop? (if there is hardware issues)
And lastly,
*If the issue is hardware then how did this happen? What should i do to prevent any future happenings?
Details:
Windows 8
WD elements 1tb
USB 2.0
Thanks.
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