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SOLVED (in a way): Are these indications my hard drive is going to eat it?

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leapinlew:
I agree with Saint - probably just the OS. One thing is for sure, your hard drive WILL die eventually. Of all the hard drives I've had fail, I've only had warnings a few times, slow data transfer is the only clue I ever had of an impending failure.

newmanfamilyvlogs:
+1 to the defragmenting.

A fragmented drive can cause all sorts of odd problems, several of which mimic a failing drive.

Even at that though.. Hard drives are so cheap any more, I'm getting to the point where I replace them if there is even a suggestion they might be going bad.

RayB:
Run defrag with the error checking/correction. If it reports finding crossed files and bad clusters and stuff like that, you're looking at possible impending HD failure.

ark_ader:
Stick it in the freezer in a baggie.

Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: saint on March 05, 2011, 09:21:34 am ---I'm not sure those are signs of impending hard drive failure so much as signs of XP failure. I.E. You may need to scan/clean/update your XP, or wipe and reload. Either of those scenarios or actual hard drive failure, or just general best practices of course, is a reason to have a regular backup in place! :)


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This has been occuring to me, also. The drive doesn't make much noise. I do have it backed up, and partitioned so that I can easily wipe and re-install.



--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 07, 2011, 07:01:04 pm ---Stick it in the freezer in a baggie.

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Hah

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