Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.

Try

https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca&condition=new&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,internal_hdd25,internal_sshd,internal_sas

Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.

Try

https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca&condition=new&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,internal_hdd25,internal_sshd,internal_sas

Multiple days and using usb3? The drive is garbage, throw it out. It’s probably taking so long due to multiple bad sectors and crazy amounts of retrying. What does SMART say?

Sounds like your drive is faulty, return it