I've been having this issue for the last couple of weeks and I ran out of ideas.
2-3 weeks after adding an SSD to my laptop (alongside a HDD) my hard disk is constantly showing errors and getting removed by Intel RST. So far I tried these in order to find the problem:
-uninstalling Intel RST, which made little to no difference
-booting from a live Ubuntu USB drive, which made no difference
-connected my HDD to my old computer and somehow it worked perfectly (!?)
-ran many different programs to check my hard disk for errors and try to fix them (most didn't manage to do much because my hard drive got disconnected, while others showed no error)
-some antivirus software to check for potential issues - there were none
Some things I noticed:
-almost always when I check the notifications, there is one from Security and Maintenance asking to scan drive for errors - nothing happens when I click it
-the hard drive keeps restarting (a.k.a clicking noises) randomly
It's worth mentioning that I run Windows 10 and it's installed on my SSD. Also, the first time I noticed something was wrong was after I downloaded a big video file and when I tried to play it, there were lots of interruptions. The next morning I got the errors and disconnections (over night the laptop was powered on and running my torrent program).
Maybe there could be something wrong with the cable connecting my hard drive, but I have no idea how to check that, since my old computer has different cables and I couldn't find a similar cable online.
Do you have any ideas that could help me solve this issue ?
Thanks a lot for your time.
