Is my external HD fried?

elSicomoro · 11-07-2008, 10:18 AM

I just bought a one TB external HD and I've been transferring everything from my 250GB HD over to it...it's all mp3's. I got pretty much everything I want over on the new HD, but the old one is starting to concern me.

When I tried to move this one particular folder over to the new HD, I got a cyclic redundancy check error. In another folder, when I tried to delete a particular mp3, nothing happened...the HD just froze. And with the latter, it's causing my whole system to slow down.

I've error-checked this HD, ran chkdsk/ f on it and even downloaded the Eraser program...none of them got rid of that pesky CRC file. I can't run defrag on it because it finds that CRC file. And now the HD is getting finicky when I just plug it in via USB. Sometimes, I have to disconnect the power, then plug that back in for it to show up.

So...how can I tell if it's just these rogue files or the actual HD that's crap?

11-07-2008, 10:18 AM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Is my external HD fried? I just bought a one TB external HD and I've been transferring everything from my 250GB HD over to it...it's all mp3's. I got pretty much everything I want over on the new HD, but the old one is starting to concern me. When I tried to move this one particular folder over to the new HD, I got a cyclic redundancy check error. In another folder, when I tried to delete a particular mp3, nothing happened...the HD just froze. And with the latter, it's causing my whole system to slow down. I've error-checked this HD, ran chkdsk/ f on it and even downloaded the Eraser program...none of them got rid of that pesky CRC file. I can't run defrag on it because it finds that CRC file. And now the HD is getting finicky when I just plug it in via USB. Sometimes, I have to disconnect the power, then plug that back in for it to show up. So...how can I tell if it's just these rogue files or the actual HD that's crap?

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