Is my external HDD faulty?

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  • Airlane1979
    PCHF Member
    • Aug 2023
    • 3

    #1

    Is my external HDD faulty?

    I bought a cheap unbranded 1TB HDD, knowing from experience that I can get a refund if it is fake and faulty. However, I’m confused. The drive passes all checks I’ve run - Windows CHKDSK and numerous free third-party programs - yet, when I began copying files to it for use as a backup, I started getting the kind of errors familiar to me from previous fake flash drives. Many, but not all, folders are empty. What might be going on here, that a drive can pass all checks but still be faulty? I can’t ask for a refund if I have no evidence in the form of error reports.
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8982

    #2
    Hello

    It would help if you list the error’s that you get..

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    • phillpower2
      PCHF Administrator
      • Sep 2016
      • 15209

      #3
      Have you formatted the drive and then marked the partition as active.

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      • georgeks
        PCHF Member
        • May 2017
        • 335

        #4
        If I were having that problem I would give the manufacturer’s tools a go.

        Go to their site and have a look.

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        • phillpower2
          PCHF Administrator
          • Sep 2016
          • 15209

          #5
          Timewasters thread, closed.

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