Secondary drive slower than usual, journalctl output included

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journalctl --since "8 minutes ago" -p 3 -x > journal.txt

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For the past few days my desktop has been taking forever to load my secondary drive content. It’s an HDD however it’s abnormally slow compared to how it’s supposed to be. When I log in, the screen freezes for a bit (around a minute or more) before I can interact again.

Please see the logs above. I need an explanation on what the errors mean and what action I should be taking.

Some system details:

  • Fedora 39 Cinnamon spin
  • Kernel 6.9.9-100.fc39.x86_64
  • Seagate ST1000DM014-2UB10D (1001) ← the drive in question
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The logs show you have hardware errors.

It could be that the drive is failing.
It could be that the cables are not connected reliably.

You can try to remove the cables on the drive and motherboard then reconnect them.
This may clean the contacts if that is the issue.

Do you have backups of the HDD contents?
If not and you have files on the drive you care about suggest you backup what you can.

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The drive is rather recent so I hope it’s just the cable.

I have slightly outdated backups. I will have to update them while the drive is still readable if this is actually the worst case scenario.

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Added hardware

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What is the output of sudo smartctl -a for the disk?

FYI When an HDD overheats its life shortens to days from years.
Could it have overheated?