Is my WD Passport 1TB HD on its way out please read thanks :-)

[Crazyripper]

Everything was working fine, until recently, I was watching a film on my WD TVs and it kept stopping and going back to the title screen then it was not discoverable. Upon putting it into the pc I had a message saying I had to reformat it before using. So I recovered some data using software then reformatted. now when I'm using it when transferring large files it keeps disconnecting and transfer rate is slow. What are you thoughts guys.

 

[jumanji]

Check your drive with WD Datalifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.. Software and Firmware Downloads | WD Support Run quick Test and then extended test. How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows | WD Support

If it could repair the bad sectors and gives a Pass, then You can use it. If it fails, the drive will no longer be reliable for use. Give it a last chance. Use Erase to low level format it, do a regular format after the Erase operation and rerun Quick Test and Extended Test. If the extended Test still fails retire the drive.