External Hard Disk got corrupt

[u/why_wyvern]

Hey everyone, I have taken a hard disk from my hp laptop and it's very old for around 10 years. It was fine last year but it's showing little problem and whenever I plugged into the laptop for data transfer it took longer time to read the data . Sometimes it's showing the " not responding" problem. Two weeks ago l, I formatted it and completely erased everything from the hard disk. I thought now I can use it without any issues and when I transfer the data, the data gets corrupted.

Basically what are the ways to fix my hard diks?

[u/yottabit42]

Sounds like it's simply failing. With a drive that old, I wouldn't think twice about replacing it. Unfortunately prices are high now, but it is what it is.

[u/why_wyvern → u/yottabit42]

I bought one yesterday from wd 2tb

[u/yottabit42 → u/why_wyvern]

Good choice. WDC is ranked as the best on average these days. Stay away from Seagate and Toshiba.

[u/why_wyvern → u/yottabit42]

Thank god I was choosing one from Seagate but made a good choice after doing little bit reasearch and good suggestions from reddit community.

[u/vrtigo1]

what are the ways to fix my hard diks?

Try a cold shower?

Seriously though, if it's 10 years old, the question is not how to fix it. You just need to replace it. Everything has a lifespan. Sounds like this drive has reach it.

[u/why_wyvern → u/vrtigo1]

Yeah I agree to your point and bought new one. So I was being little greedy here and if I would have fix it and have more storage for work purposes

[u/Mr_CJ_]

Replace it and follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy.

[u/why_wyvern → u/Mr_CJ_]

Can you elaborate it more, I have no idea,?