Maybe it messed up the index or something. I also have some wacky files setup with version control and archives. While transferring files, I detected some that wouldn’t transfer because the same was too long. I looked at my files and successfully made a backup (safety first). Maybe my usage of the files I stored on it caused something with the self-test, while not affecting the regular usage of my drive.

I have the feeling that my drive is fine, but I’m trying to understand what went wrong. Since other tests I ran went negative and the drive don’t show signs of problems, I suspect that this is a false positive on my drive caused by Western Digital’s self-test “Unknown Test” (I hope I’m not the only person who find their presentation of information weird).įrom what I understand, the self-test is a test included in the drive by the manufacturer WD in this case. One of them is chkdsk /x /r (which detect and repair bad sectors) and the process fully completed without detecting any bad sector. I had this drive for a little more than 3 years (funny that this happens after the expiration of my 3 years warranty). The drive never showed real signs of failure before. I’m very perplex in the current situation. Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive

I tried to run the diagnostic test from Western Digital LifeGuard Diagnostic for Windows, but after only a few seconds I get this error message :

Data lifeguard diagnostic