Hard drive problem

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Up until recently I have been able to back up to my external hard drive with acronis TrueImage but then it started to timeout. I removed it from its enclosure and installed it inside directly to my motherboard and power supply and the same problem persists. I can copy and paste to this drive but I can't back up to it with acronis TrueImage or Windows backup, or for that matter another backup program I have tried but its name eludes me at the moment. Formatting the drive takes forever and when using "CLEAN all" in "DISKPART" it just doesn't finish after even leaving it go for 24 hours. I should also mention that I cannot install windows on this drive it just stalls without any error message.

I have a couple of questions. Does this mean that my hard drive is buggered? It is a Western Digital caviar Green SATA2 and its enclosure was an Astone, would I be able to install a Western Digital Black SATA3 hard disk in this enclosure?

Cheers
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom-built
OS
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
CPU
Core i7 870 OC 4Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 P55 DDR3
Memory
Kingston 8G(2x2G)2000Mhz PC16000 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD4350 512M DDR2 VGA DVI HDMI LP Silent Heatsin
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VK222U
Hard Drives
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power/
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power External esata Backup
PSU
Corsair HX-620
Case
NZXT Hush
Cooling
2 120mm case fans/Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2
Keyboard
Cherry silent keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Marble man mouse wheel
Internet Speed
8.2Mbps/.86Mbps
Other Info
Logitech Z-2300 THX 2.1 Speakers System/Quickcam Pro 9000
WD has tools available on their site to test the drive out. If it is bad, and under warranty, you can get it replaced. If you do need to replace your drive, then anything should work fine, but sticking a WD Black drive in an external cage would be a waste of speed.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
Memory
12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 470
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
PSU
OCZ ModStream 700W
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
Thanks for the information.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom-built
OS
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
CPU
Core i7 870 OC 4Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 P55 DDR3
Memory
Kingston 8G(2x2G)2000Mhz PC16000 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD4350 512M DDR2 VGA DVI HDMI LP Silent Heatsin
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VK222U
Hard Drives
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power/
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power External esata Backup
PSU
Corsair HX-620
Case
NZXT Hush
Cooling
2 120mm case fans/Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2
Keyboard
Cherry silent keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Marble man mouse wheel
Internet Speed
8.2Mbps/.86Mbps
Other Info
Logitech Z-2300 THX 2.1 Speakers System/Quickcam Pro 9000
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