Originally Posted By: fiddler2007
If it's f.i. your BIAB audiophile drive, type WD My Passport USB 3.0, you might still have warranty. I found them very reliable sofar. You could run a checkdisk routine from Windows, and mark 'fix bad sectors' doing that. Takes some time, but might repair your drive.

Important: Usually USB drives themselves are not the cause, but misuse. You cannot unplug them un-punished, with out using a proper eject routine from within windows.

For copying files i'd prefer FastCopy (freeware) or Teracopy, has some verifying options. -F


Thanks Fiddle2007, I will check into the warranty.

I suspect the problem is not sectors since the first two tests did not have bad sectors. I will run the 3rd test again to see if it completes without bad sectors. I think it just shut off much like it shut off when I was running BIAB before I decided to create this thread. The thing is the 3rd test takes longer so it is more likely to shut off.

The only time I unplug it without the correct procedure is if I cannot find it in the "Safely Remove Hardware" list (no choice).

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