So, I have a 500 WD Blue 2.5'' HDD how just freezes when in the laptop.
It wont boot, it comes to the boot screen (like you know for MOBO's screen "Press" this and that for this and that)
When I took it out and connected it to my pc, S.M.A.R.T. showed the drives status is "BAD"... ok.
I still got into windows and the drive was working normally. I performed a format using CMD, the drive was normal, could have used it as an extarnal or primary one.
But when I put it in the laptop, still the same story.
So what would be the cause of this? I'll be trying removing the BIOS battery for 10-15 min and putting it back in, hoping it will work...
It wont boot, it comes to the boot screen (like you know for MOBO's screen "Press" this and that for this and that)
When I took it out and connected it to my pc, S.M.A.R.T. showed the drives status is "BAD"... ok.
I still got into windows and the drive was working normally. I performed a format using CMD, the drive was normal, could have used it as an extarnal or primary one.
But when I put it in the laptop, still the same story.
So what would be the cause of this? I'll be trying removing the BIOS battery for 10-15 min and putting it back in, hoping it will work...
Unfortunately, just as @nukemaster mentioned, if the SMART status shows that the drive is bad, then it's very likely that you'd lose the data stored on it. I'd strongly recommend you to back the data up somewhere else ASAP. 
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