Is this HDD usable?

Hardware HDD's & SSD's
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I have been experiencing some corrupted files and general slow read speed on this drive. So I went ahead and replaced it.
I tried transfering some files off it but the transfers seams to start normally and after ~10% they would grind to staggering speeds of like 10 KB/s. Lucky for me I didn't have anything critical stored on this disk.
Anyways, now I'm wondering if this disk is junk or if it is usable for anything going forward?

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From what I've read elsewhere both 'Uncorrectable Sector Count' and 'Reallocated Sectors Count' are critical parameters but 'Write Error Rate' is not.
I would like some opinions. Is this HDD worth keeping around for some purpose?

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Try doing a chkdsk and full format (not quick) on it. If afterwards, it still says bad, I wouldnt trust it with any data that you dont want to lose.

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yup do as Phantom suggests... if it does die altogether it's not "junk", you now have yourself a new coaster for your cups and a couple magnets ;)