I finally saw a WD go in all these years where the WD diagnostics first displayed an error free drive to suddenly see no drive listed on the bios post screen. GParted when trying to create a new Fat32 primary for the old drive seemed to be going normally creating that but then just kept going and going. Read but not write was the final determination even though the GParted had already removed the NTFS primary that had been on it.
Fragmentation on the other hand does occur after extended periods of time like a few years just sitting on a shelf somewhere. Has the case been sitting around for a long period of time without any use? Another item on a system a year or older people often forget is the battery on the board. Those get weak and go where the system will seem lifeless until replaced.
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