Disk Write Error on a Macbook Pro

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burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 12:52pm

I'm new here, so if this is in the wrong section, please let me know.

Now, I have a Macbook Pro and use a WD My Passport to store a few games on while on the go. I have roughly 15 games that I have installed in the past two weeks since owning this Mac, and did not have an issue with the installs at all.

Now, today, all of a sudden, whenever I try to install a game to my WD My Passport, it gets to the screen where it says " Preparing _________ Files for Install", then I get a message that pops up and says "An Error Occurred While Installing ________ (Disk Write Error)". I used a blank, because it is happening on more than one game.

Is there anybody out there who has ran into this, and can give me a hand with a solution? It would be greatly appreciated.

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burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 12:54pm

I have recently tried to install the games directly to my Mac hard drive, and it worked fine. So it has to be something with my WD drive.

I would be very grateful for a solution as I do not want to store all my games on my small (128gb) SSD.

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2015 @ 12:57pm

Then the disk obviously has errors or connection issues.
Run diagnostics and check it for errors/bad sectors with this:
WD Drive Utilities for Mac[support.wdc.com]

Ensure WD Macintosh +TURBO Drivers are up to date.

Ensure the drive is awake fully before trying to write to it.

burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:15pm

I had the WD Utilities already, so I ran the diagnostics, and they passed. The drivers are up to date, and my drive is fully awake.

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:19pm

Check the free space?
Defrag the drive?

burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:19pm

I just ran all the diagnostics again, and the full drive scan failed. Would a total format of the drive fix this, or is the drive shot?

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:20pm

Does it not detail WHY it failed? Error code of any sort?

burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:20pm

Free space isn't an issue. I bought this drive less than two weeks ago when I bought the Mac. If it's shot, It's still in the return period, so that isn't an issue.

burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:21pm

It says "Complete Drive Test Failed"

burgoyne17 Apr 5, 2015 @ 1:43pm

I'm dumb lol. Thanks for your help though.

Turns out my Paragon NTFS software trial has expired. I just bought the full prgram, and everything works perfectly. Again, thanks for your input.