Complete Drive Test failed

I have a WD My Passport Studio 1TB Portable Hard Drive which I wanted to use to store 10 years of family pictures but I wanted to be sure my drive is healthy.
I ran the Utilities software from WD and it gave me the message “Complete Drive Test failed.”.

So does this mean my drive is defective? What am I meant to do now?
Please advise.

Mechanical hard drives are quite sensitive and prone to physical failure or crash. Mechanical shock, corrupt drivers, improper use, or mishandling of drive or system can cause disk errors that can lead to logical corruption, mechanical failure, and physical crash.

Below are the few ways to check and ensure hard disk health:

  • Check SMART status
  • Physical inspection of the drive
  • Run CHKDSK scan
  • Check Read/Write speed test
  • Defragment the drive
  • Update the drives driver

Hope this will help you out.