Is my external HDD faulty?

[Airlane1979]

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]

Hello

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

[phillpower2]

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

[georgeks]

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

Go to their site and have a look.

[phillpower2]

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