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Jun 1, 2017 at 8:09 answer added M Szil timeline score: 0
May 5, 2017 at 11:33 comment added M Szil Thanks for the suggestions. I ran Seagate tests on the drive - the short self-test and the long generic (read) test both pass, while the short generic test fails (I get the same results testing all the drives of this type). But I guess a failed test may be good enough to return the unit to Seagate. I also used CrystalDiskInfo / SMART testing which also reports Good. I repeated a near-identical copy test on another drive of the same type (first deleting and then recopying the same group of files - roughly 1TB) and it took about 1/3 the time - about 6.5 vs 20 hours.
May 3, 2017 at 23:56 comment added I say Reinstate Monica This could be caused by the USB to (I assume) SATA interface in the enclosure as well. Normally you would want to run manufacture diagnostics on the drive as they often require a failure code to process the warranty claim (however you probably can just return to place of purchase without going through this). This said, you should not run desktop drives in a RAID array. If the drives encounter even the slightest problem they'll retry up to 30 seconds, causing the array to kick the drive out as failed.
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May 3, 2017 at 21:17 comment added davidgo Could it be connected to a slow USB port or have USB port driver issues? (ie did you plug it into a different port to the other disks - some motherboards have multiple controllers, not always the same chipset)
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May 3, 2017 at 20:56 history asked M Szil CC BY-SA 3.0