Windows 10: Concerns over 1TB Hard drive behaviour

Discus and support Concerns over 1TB Hard drive behaviour in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I bought a WD Elements 1TB 931GB hard drive back in 2019; it reached 100gb of space as its remainder early this year, then thirty GB mid-March and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Daniel Wittman, Jun 4, 2024.

  1. DANIEL WITTMAN
    Daniel Wittman Win User

    Concerns over 1TB Hard drive behaviour


    I bought a WD Elements 1TB 931GB hard drive back in 2019; it reached 100gb of space as its remainder early this year, then thirty GB mid-March and that's where problems began. Loss of speed, slower interactivity with folders failing to show their contents or open at all, Frequent restarting of widows explorer barely improved this. I made use of Crystal Disk Info to see a caution warning at 35 degrees with a mention of bad sectors. I tried and failed to analyze and defragment the drive due to the speed/memory issue. I thought to remove files though, and managed to raise the available space t

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    Daniel Wittman, Jun 4, 2024
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  2. SANHIME
    Sanhime Win User

    Cloning from 1TB to 2TB hard drive

    Whats a good free imaging/cloning program? I have a 1TB hard drive with Win7 and I want to seamlessly migrate my stuff to a 2TB hard drive. Any suggestions?
     
    Sanhime, Jun 4, 2024
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  3. JACK4_335
    Jack4_335 Win User
    External hard drive ununsual behaviour

    Thank you for getting back so quickly. Unfortunately it displayed the same behaviour any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Jack4_335, Jun 4, 2024
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  4. RODOGODO19
    RodoGodo19 Win User

    Concerns over 1TB Hard drive behaviour

    Best 2.5-inch hard drive for storage and gaming?

    1TB 5,400 RPM:
    • Seagate 1TB BarraCuda $54.78
    • Seagate 1TB Firecuda Gaming $65.50
    • WD Blue 1TB $56.89
    1TB 7,200 RPM:
    • WD Black 1TB $73.95
    • HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB $59.93
    Which one is the best 2.5-inch hard drive for storage and gaming?.

    The hard drive is for the Fractal Design Node 202 Mini ITX case.
     
    RodoGodo19, Jun 4, 2024
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