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Sunday, July 31, 2011

How to Tell If Your Windows Laptop Disk Drive is Failing

Eventually, your hard drive will fail. Hard drives are expected to last between 3 to 5 years before they eventually fail.

How do you know when your time is up with a hard drive?
  • Your computer starts to slow down. (but a slow computer can be caused by other things besides a failing hard drive.)
  • Go to Computer and select your C Drive. Right mouse click and select Properties. Select the Tools tab and then select Error-Check. Make sure the check box for Repair is selected.Finally, when given the option, select Schedule. The next time you boot your computer,the error scan program will scan your hard drive and fix any problems it discovers. When the scan is complete, your computer will boot normally to the operating system.
  • One or two errors are probably no cause for alarm. More than that and your hard drive is starting to fail and you should back up what you can and plan for the replacement of your hard drive and reloading of all your software.