- May 4, 2015
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I run a Samsung 840 EVO SSD for my OS (Win 8.1) and a few programs. The rest of my data, principally games is on a 1TB WD Blue WD10EZEX drive. Starting some months ago, some of my games were experiencing frame rate drops and loading issues which I attributed to problems with the HDD. This proved to be accurate as performance improved when I relocated them to the SSD.
Fast forward to now, I was installing a new game, and during the process was experiencing issues where windows would stop responding. This escalated to the point where I was forced to do a hard reboot. Upon restarting the computer, it would be stuck of the start up screen, with further attempts at restarting initiating the automatic windows repair (which would not function either). Removal of the HDD prior to restarting allowed a normal start-up and login.
Attempting to reinsert the HDD after start-up initially did nothing, and the device did not register in the disc manager. Following a short period of time the troubles resumed. Clearly there is a problem with the HDD, but I don't know if there is any way to resolve it in order to use the drive again.
I plan on purchasing a new HDD anyway, as I was needing more space, but I would like to be able to use this one in the interim, as well as move some data from it, primarily pictures though, so if nothing can be done nothing will be lost.
Fast forward to now, I was installing a new game, and during the process was experiencing issues where windows would stop responding. This escalated to the point where I was forced to do a hard reboot. Upon restarting the computer, it would be stuck of the start up screen, with further attempts at restarting initiating the automatic windows repair (which would not function either). Removal of the HDD prior to restarting allowed a normal start-up and login.
Attempting to reinsert the HDD after start-up initially did nothing, and the device did not register in the disc manager. Following a short period of time the troubles resumed. Clearly there is a problem with the HDD, but I don't know if there is any way to resolve it in order to use the drive again.
I plan on purchasing a new HDD anyway, as I was needing more space, but I would like to be able to use this one in the interim, as well as move some data from it, primarily pictures though, so if nothing can be done nothing will be lost.
Be patient with the extended test though, it might take some time due to the capacity of the WD Blue. However, it seems like you are dealing with a faulty hard drive, since it should have passed the quick test at least. 
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