a) If you plan to encrypt the drive, VeraCrypt “full format” when encrypting will fill the whole HDD with random data. If there’s a bad sector or corruption, VeraCrypt will let you know or you can use CrystalClearlnfo application simultaneously.

b) If you’re not planing to encrypt it, do the “complete format” option on Computer.

c) Any application that overwrite with one and zero (just search for them) and then use CrystalClearlnfo.

Each one of these options can take a long time to finish, a 5TB HDD can take 12 hour in each of these options.

Yes, I got that WD drive just on October 6th, and only used it as a backup. It failed while being encrypted.

What’s the perft kind of drive for daily use? Internal or external? May be SDD or NAS? I though about buying a PC and customizing it but I’m a student and haven’t settled so far and always moving, hence the laptop and the external HDD.

Thanks for the reply, I will look into a solution.

OK I get Transcend but is WD My Passport also a trash? I failed in a month.

Is NAS the perfect solution? Or should I use what comes in the computer as the main storage? Thanks,

WD My Passport failed in less than a month? 🤔