Failed 8,3 Years old WD Red drive 3TB (EFRX) - what now...?

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Failed 8,3 Years old WD Red drive 3TB (EFRX) - what now...?

So couple of weeks/months ago one of my HDDs- WD Red 3TB - EFRX - 8,3 Years old (!) failed on me. I had backups and was still able to get vast majority of the data directly from the drive. So data-wise im ok.
My questions is other: What to do with the drive now...? I took several pictures from SMART and hdd tests etc. and im posting it here. HD Tune pro and other programs (MiniTool Partition Wizard) found damaged sectors on the drive. The copying from these sectors were even like 2 Kb per second speed wise :-D...

So what can i do with this drive now...? Can it be "saved" somehow? Can i "fix" the damage sectors somehow? Can i at least "mark them" so the HDD doesnt use them anymore... (and still use the drive)? Will the damaged sectors "spread"...?

It appears that like the 1st half of the drive, or even first 2 terabytes (out of three) are OK... Can i make new "partitions" on the drive and use the 1st partition somewhat safely , and do NOT use the 2nd one with the damages sectors...?

Like its a 3 TB drive, I dont wanna just throw it in trash like that...

Can i fix the drive somehow? Can i still use the drive somewhat reliably...? Or is the drive now good only for like a doorstop?

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I've just had a few hard drive troubles myself. A 3TB WD drive suddenly got a load of bad sectors on it, two other 3TB drives still work but they're noisy and are the same age as the 1st so they've been retired also but all 3 of those drives were getting on for 10 years old and have been powered on 24/7 for at least 8 of those years so they've done well.

Then this morning a 4TB WD in another system was throwing up error reading data errors and a new 20TB drive I've just ordered turned up with a dent in it. Somewhat irritating.

Personally, when a hard drive shows any signs of playing up, I never trust it again. It's just not worth the hassle.
 
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I was recommended elsewhere to do a full format under windows to see if these issues wont resolve themselves (there is a chance that they might) and than i could still use the drive (but only for nonessential data/as an additional backup drive for example etc). what do you think abotu this (full format under windows, these issues are still temporary and the full format might resolved them)...?
 
Personally, I'd just chuck it rather than spend time trying to get it useable when it can't really be considered trustworthy. But if you're determined to re-use it then I think your idea of partitioning it to avoid the known faulty area is probably the best option.
 
Once a hard drive starts to fail, even with just one bad sector, I never trust it enough to keep data on it. It's been a long time since I saw any bad sectors on my drives, but if I did then I would copy everything off that drive to somewhere else, then order a replacement drive.

I use several erase passes to erase my data, then take the drive apart and damage the platters quite badly. If you decide to bend the platters, be careful as some were made from glass.
 
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Why erase if you're gonna physically destroy it though? :p I took the platters out of my old drives and glued them to the underside of ceiling light fixtures as cool decoration :cry:
 
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