So here's where I'm at right now. I shut down the computer. I changed the sata cable for one I know works. I unplugged the dvd drive as it's not needed. I reformatted the purple drive and assigned it x during the format. I reformatted it because I had originally formatted it and it was given drive e. I later changed it to x in disk management but the wd dashboard still saw it as e drive. I ran the short test and it returned no issues. I have not completed the long test yet. Next to the short test start button, the western digital app has a clock with a 5. I think it meant the short test should take about 5 minutes. The icon next to the long test says 10+. The seems to suggest the long test should take a little lower. I started it and it took a while and was still on 10%. I've read where it has taken days. That must be a pretty thorough test.
Here is the complete system log. I need to search some results buy searching for the binary at the bottom yields some good results.
Log Name: System
Source: disk
Date: 8/15/2023 6:49:47 PM
Event ID: 157
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: New-Blue
Description:
Disk 0 has been surprise removed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
">
<System>
<Provider Name="disk" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32772">157</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-08-16T01:49:47.9001017Z" />
<EventRecordID>4462</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="1344" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>New-Blue</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\Harddisk0\DR0</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Binary>0000000002003000000000009D000480000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
