I have a 4TB WD Elements that’s failing. Areas of the disk that can’t be read, etc. CrystalDisk reports a condition Red - Bad, and right now, running CCleaner on it to do a 7-pass wipe to see if it can finish, it says it will take 2067 days, so, not likely.
Is it likely that this issue is the drive itself, the controller going bad, or a combination? Is it worth pulling the hard drive and installing something like a WD Black in it to help improve reliability?
I’m not sure but i think I did a detailed video on it too showing the duobond chip or whatever its called.
I out an old toshiba in an elements enclosure. It’s easy to store and rhe usb interface is great!