Slow In Readind The Hard Disk

My computer is running on Linux and my WD external hard disk is Element 1TB about 90% full. It store mostly movies. But recently my hard disk find it very slow to access. I have deleted some files but it is still the same. When I empty my trash. It's just hang like forever as the image shown below. Appreciate to anyone who can help.

Hi there and welcome to the WD community.
I have not experienced this, lets see if another user can share some information and tips on this matter.

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