It's a faulty drive that is struggling - pretty self-explanatory, hence the intermittent behavior and the write/read delay. Rormatting a drive makes no difference if the behavior is slow.

Hide&seek- the hard drive is literally telling you its dying - plug it in, backup data (when it finally shows) replace the drive.

It's a faulty drive that is struggling - pretty self-explanatory, hence the intermittent behavior and the write/read delay. Formatting a drive makes no difference if the behavior is slow.

Hide&seek- the hard drive is literally telling you its dying - plug it in, backup data (when it finally shows) replace the drive.

its a faulty drive that is struggling - pretty self explanatory hence the intermittent behavior and the write/read delay - formatting a drive makes no difference if the behavior is slow/hide&seek- the hard drive is literally telling you its dying - plug it in, backup data (when it finally shows) replace the drive - SIMPLE

It's a faulty drive that is struggling - pretty self-explanatory, hence the intermittent behavior and the write/read delay. Rormatting a drive makes no difference if the behavior is slow.

Hide&seek- the hard drive is literally telling you its dying - plug it in, backup data (when it finally shows) replace the drive.