Disk Warrior / G-Raid 1TB

I have a 1TB G Tech hard drive, with about 600GB of projects on it. I am finding playhead in the time line is suddenly sticking during playback, and is followed by the spinning beach ball.
I have tried force quitting and restarting the G Raid, but it is still happening. It sounds like it might be the drive (it's making more moise than usual)
Should I run Disk Warrior on it and if so are there any precautions I should take before I do this (I haven't got a spare drive to back up the 600GB)
Any thoughts?
Thanks as always.
Stephen

Make a back-up as soon as possible, and then replace the drive making the noise.
One of my G-Raid drives showed the behavior you are describing and completely failed about two months later.
Disk Warrior is a great program, but will not address mechanical failures, which is what your problem sounds like. Disk Warrior also recommends creating a back-up.
I know a back up disk can be expensive, but compare the cost of the disk to the cost, professional embarrassment, and lost time, not to mention unrecoverable edits, if you lose the data.
Best,
Tom

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