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WD Black 6TB HDD issues/troubleshooting
Hello all,
Purchased a WD 6TB not too long ago and it seems to be having issues. I store several video files on the HDD among a number of other files. It often will hang when trying to load a folder or file. Sometimes when watching a video it will seem to pause for 1-2 minutes and then just continue playing. Sometimes it continues to happen other times it happens several times in row before fixing itself.
I know I can simply format it and hope for the best but was wondering if there a way to test it, troubleshooting it before I go ahead and wipe. I have about 4TB of data on there currently.
Please let me know what you need from me. My build specs in my profile are updated.
Thanks!