Is this hard drive dead?
I found an external storage drive (technically a hard drive inside some plastic) made by Toshiba in my parent’s basement today. They weren’t using it anymore so I decided I would use it for my MBP.
When I went to erase it so I could use it again (the storage was maxed) the process of erasing the hard drive inside the enclosure took FOREVER (appx. 4-5 hours) before it finally threw an error in disk utility. I tried erasing the hard drive again but I had the same scenario.
Is it time to toss this drive or could I try anything else to revive it?
Is this a good question?