Failed 8,3 Years old WD Red drive 3TB (EFRX) - what now...?

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So couple of weeks/months ago one of my HDDs- WD Red 3TB - EFRX - 8,3 Years old (!) failed on me. I had backups and was still able to get vast majority of the data directly from the drive. So data-wise im ok.

My questions is other: What to do with the drive now…? I took several pictures from SMART and hdd tests etc. and im posting it here. HD Tune pro and other programs (MiniTool Partition Wizard) found damaged sectors on the drive. The copying from these sectors were even like 2 Kb per second speed wise :-D…

So what can i do with this drive now…? Can it be “saved” somehow? Can i “fix” the damage sectors somehow? Can i at least “mark them” so the HDD doesnt use them anymore… (and still use the drive)? Will the damaged sectors “spread”…?

It appears that like the 1st half of the drive, or even first 2 terabytes (out of three) are OK… Can i make new “partitions” on the drive and use the 1st partition somewhat safely , and do NOT use the 2nd one with the damages sectors…?

Like its a 3 TB drive, I dont wanna just throw it in trash like that…

Can i fix the drive somehow? Can i still use the drive somewhat reliably…? Or is the drive now good only for like a doorstop?

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Hi @Hori,

Have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the WD Technical Support team for the best assistance and troubleshooting:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask

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You have to. The drive is done.

Any failing drive is not reliable anymore. Since you got your data, which is great, now the only thing you can do is to trash the failing drive. You want to consider to properly erase it with specific tools for that (there are free tools outthere, you need to search on the internet, unless you already anyway know how to do it), so that you can be sure no one can recover any relevant portion of data from it. Alternatively you can physically destroy it (which can be some effort) or make use of 3rd party services with certified proof of properly destroying disks according to some legal regulations (depends obviously on the industry / business / etc you might be in; if that might be applicable).

But certainly don’t use it anymore.