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How bizarre. The faulty drive is still in the PC. I've just opened the folders now and all the files that were locked and inaccesible have vanished, and I'm able to delete the now empty folders. Is this Windows intervening in some way? The drive is now completely empty: Yet the drive has used...

Would Windows, chkdsk and Performance Monitor not be reading from the same SMART data though? It seems all three of these applications flagged it successfully.

Yes, that's definitely the correct drive. The one marked caution is the 4TB WD Green from 2014 that I referred to in my earlier post. Ironically, that one is currently working fine despite the warning message. It's definitely not the cables or connections, I've copied 3 or 4 TB of data from...

I do, as it happens:

It started making rattling and grinding noises, and then folders started becoming unreadable and corrupted in Windows. First one, then another, now thirty or so. It's only four months old. I've never really had a drive fail on me before, except for a couple of 1TB external hard drives way back...

That's the whole reason I came to run Performance Monitor in the first place - I was trying to find something that would actually run a proper test on the disk as I knew it was faulty but Crystal Disk Info was saying it was fine. The disc is going back to Western Digital in disgrace.

Curry is the best food in the known universe! I absolutely love it, nothing else comes close :D I'm very much of the 'as hot as I can get it' school, so always a vindaloo when I eat out or get a takeaway. I've officially long since given myself asbestos tounge though as I don't ever find them...

Thanks Ubuysa. I did wonder, as the diagnosis seems so far out of step with the specs of the machine in every single way. Reassuring to hear it from someone who knows what they're talking about though!

I decided to go with Windows 11 in my build. I quite like it so far, BUT there are a couple of things that are major irritations. First one is the taskbar, namely the fact that for some inexplicable reason they've taken away the option to ungroup items. So you can have 10 folders open in...

Thanks Martin :)

Ok, done. I checked for updates and it installed a Net Framework update shown below. Now there are no updates or optional updates showing:

Thanks Martin. Here we are: Case Send In Your Own Case (Fractal Define 7 XL) Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready! Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO...

I went for this in the end. Really pleased with it so far :giggle: Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who took the time to help me out and give guidance. I wouldn't have had a clue what I was doing on my own. You're all so helpful and an absolute asset to the forum :D Case Send...

Hi all, I got my sparkling new PC last week, and I'm really pleased with it so far :) One of my existing drives is failing badly, but CrystalDiskInfo isn't showing any issues with it. In an effort to see what I could use to get a better test, I was guided towards Performance Monitor built into...

I have a build with a Fractal Define 7 XL case on order. The build includes two SSDs only. I want to add 5 3.5" inch HDDs and one SSD from my existing setup when it arrives, so I'm trying to establish what I need to obtain in order to do this. I'm under the impression I don't need any drive...

Thanks both :)

How long does it take from dispatch to delivery? Is it usually 24 hours? Hoping I'll get it on Tuesday - assuming it's actually dispatched on Monday, of course

Now awaiting dispatch. That all moved rather quickly :oops: :)

...and now into Testing. Didn't realise they worked Saturdays :)

Into building on 20 WD :). Shame it was on a Friday afternoon, but should have it this time next week all being well