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Hi, I have a 1TB WD My Passport Ultra USB Portable Hard Drive that I've used to store old video files. Today when I was plugging in the drive I didn't plug it in very smoothly. The drive started to power up before the usb cable was properly situated. I had to wiggle the cable to get it to lock in and I'm worried the drive could've lost power as it was in the process of turning on. However, I can't say for certain whether this happened or not.
When it the cable was finally connected properly I attempted to run verify in disk utility and it was really slow. When verify completed, it stated that drive appeared to be ok, but when I attempted to transfer files to the drive that was very slow as well.
I cancelled the file transfer, ejected the drive, disconnected the drive, and reconnected the drive.
When it booted up I ran verify again. Verify finished in the usual time and still appeared to be ok.
I transferred files to the drive and they transferred at the usual speed as well.
After transferring files to the drive I copied one of those files, as well as files from previous transfers, back to my computer and attempted to play them. They all seemed to be ok, but obviously I can't check every second of 900GB of video files.
Thanks
When it the cable was finally connected properly I attempted to run verify in disk utility and it was really slow. When verify completed, it stated that drive appeared to be ok, but when I attempted to transfer files to the drive that was very slow as well.
I cancelled the file transfer, ejected the drive, disconnected the drive, and reconnected the drive.
When it booted up I ran verify again. Verify finished in the usual time and still appeared to be ok.
I transferred files to the drive and they transferred at the usual speed as well.
After transferring files to the drive I copied one of those files, as well as files from previous transfers, back to my computer and attempted to play them. They all seemed to be ok, but obviously I can't check every second of 900GB of video files.
- What do you think caused the drive to run so slowly?
- Do you think I did damage to the drive?
- What else can I do to check this?
- If it continues to function properly should I still be worried?
Thanks