![]() ![]() Just make sure you save the files somewhere else. Unfortunately, mechanical hard drives tend to be unpredictable when it comes to such hardware corruption. Get as much of the data as you can copied/duplicated on a different hard drive, external or internal, you could also use a cloud storage service, if you don't enough space or storage devices available. If you can still access the contents on the WD Green, you should still be able to copy them somewhere else to prevent the potential data loss. Hey there again, sorry to hear about your warranty expiring as well. Is there any way I can save this HD from dying for atleast 1 year? I installed trial version of HD Sentinals, which tells me that the Hard Disk is 94% healthy, Today it dropped to 93%. ![]() Unfortunately, warranty expired a few months ago. ![]() IF it's still covered, you should be able to RMA it and get a replacement from our Customer Support. ![]() Make sure you check the warranty on your WD drive. A healthy WD hard drive should pass without any errors both the QUICK and the EXTENDED tests. (Depending on the command you ran in CMD prompt) However, if the WD Green HDD is going back, then DLG is definitely the source you should trust at this point. CheckDisk is mainly concerned with the integrity of the file system data structure on the drive, whereas our DLG tool runs various hardware-specific tests that ensure that the HDD is healthy.īasically, if there was something wrong with the directory or a corrupted system files, then CHKDSK would have indicated an error and attempted to fix it. Hey there, sorry to hear about your issues with the WD Green HDD, however, if you can still access the data on the drive - back it up somewhere else immediately!Ĭhkdsk does a completely different testing on the drive when compared to the brand-specific diagnostic tool (WD Data LifeGuard or any other HDD diagnostics utility). ![]()
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