>think about getting a larger HDD to store media for my home

>>62263346
Nope.

You probably just forgot that these signs of imminent failure were already there. That's why you were triggered to look for a new HDD in the first place.

You were just a bit to late. Buy that HDD and restore from backups.

>>62263453
But I don't have any backups anon

>>62264107
Do you tell him or do I tell him?

Put it in the freezer for a couple hours. Then pull it out and quickly hook it up as a secondary, and pull all your data. Might give it enough life to get your shit off, at least. Might as well buy an SSD and either back up your shit to a physical drive or a cloud service in the future.


Also you're a faggot for thinking it was Google, and not 7 years of use that killed your drive.

>>62263346
Assuming you burger, get the 8tb wd external on sale at best buy this week for 169.
Remove the wd red inside.
Win.