I have a couple of the Seagate 3000GB drives from a few years ago which are known to fail. Files sporadically became unreadable. Running the MS Windows built-in check disk command didn't recognize any errors. From a command window, the check disk syntax is: chkdsk driveletter: like "chkdsk d:".
Check disk completed without finding errors. See the line "0KB in bad sectors".
I tried to reformat the drive and it would not format correctly.
If you have a failing drive, promptly back up the contents. Then try a reformat or a disk stress tool. It's unlikely a failing drive will heal itself, so have some fun opening the drive. Safety glasses and a small screwdriver should open the drive case.
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