hard disk failures

Hi How can I get rid of 3 files in my hard drive that look like this: ntfsck.00000005 ? Other than removing and reformat the drive. I used to be able to this many years ago using ssh or Telnet, I just don’t remember the steps or commands, “getting old is not for sissies”. One more question: is...

I have a Asustor NAS 1002 . Recently I have had two WD purples fail on this device within 3 months. (both less than 18 months old). I have been carrying out a lot of disk intensive operations (that's what purples are designed for) and I can't help thinking that this system just cannot cope with...