u/Equivalent_Law_6311

Just a question, my WD Purple 3 TB failed in less than 2 weeks. 100% health to 16%. No big deal just wanting to understand the failure.

It spent most of it's time unmounted in Linux with 2.1 TB of data, as I was disposing of it anyway, I took it apart to inspect for a head crash. Platters in perfect condition.

My understanding is a failure of the ability to store the magnetic data as it suddenly got a large amount of bad sectors. Would like more info from the experts.