Is your hard drive failing?
Turn it off immediately to avoid damaging it and risking overheating or losing your data permanently.
Hard drives are mechanical drives with spinning platters inside, complete with read heads. They can suffer many types of damage.
Above all, do not attempt to recover data using software or other methods found on Google if you do not know the cause.
The hard drive is one of the essential parts of your computer: it contains all your personal or professional information, photos, videos, etc. Being a wearing part, it ages!. Without necessarily being full, over time, it will become heavier and lack the "breath" to access the tasks you ask of it.
Being a wearing part, the hard drive can therefore break down. As with your car, there are annual revisions and maintenance to be done.
What are the signs of a bad hard drive?
Whether you're using a Mac or a Windows PC, the telltale signs of a failing hard drive are very similar.