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Data Lifeguard Diagnostics Qhuick SMART Test taking a long time

It’s still going at an hour and a half plus. The estimated time says 5 minutes. Should I cancel and try again?

I’m running it on a My Passport Essential SE 750GB connected to a Lenovo ThinkPad t400 running Windows 7.

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Yes, I’d recommend cancelling the test and trying again with WD SmartWare instead as it was designed for this particular hard drive model. The test can be performed under Settings > Drive Settings/Setup Drive > Diagnostics.

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