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Answer» I have an ACER aspire v3-571G-9435 laptop. I keep it really minimalist and clean. Usually keep all my files on an external HD and really only use the computer to run a few steam games and go on forums Does this mean I need to replace the hard drive?In a word, Yes. The check disk program will not TAKE hours to verify a normal disk. With the exception a a very large disc with lots of errors. IMHO you should ;have a replacement disc at hand an prepare to migrate your system to another disk. For general use with few programs, a 500 GB drive is plenty. In fact, you can get by with even a 80 GB if you are very conservative. Elsewhere it has been said that divided a drive into partitions can offer some advantages for a personal computer. Data the not used frequently can be put on a separate partition and thus reduce the time needed for either check disk or e-fragment. Prices for standard a modest HDD are very reasonable. Gert one with a warranty.Based on the original symptoms you described, your first step should have been to run full malware scans with both your anti virus app and with MalwareBytes. At this point, you can download and run the hd diagnostic utility from the website of your hd manufacturer and see what it reports. If the hd is healthy you may be relegated to a format and reinstall. If it isn't, you can try to repair it with the diagnostic utility and you still may have to replace the drive and install Windows from scratch. Quote from: Connort on July 28, 2014, 11:43:49 AM Does this mean I need to replace the hard drive? YES Just wanted to mention that there is a really good free tool out there for checking Hard Drives no matter of the manufacturer that I use called CrystalDiskInfo. http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html It is able to give you all sorts of info on top of a Good/Warning/Bad condition. GOOD (Green ) = No Bad Sectors etc WARNING ( Yellow ) = Bad Sector Count detected or other imminent problem drive is functional but should not be trusted with critical data stored on it BAD ( Red ) = Drive detected but pretty much non functional. You can also edit the threshold of a drive that has say just 2 bad sectors so that on a future scan of that drives health it will show green with 2 bad sectors relocated etc instead of warning in yellow. It stores info about the threshold for that drive and so if you scan it a month later and its healthy and still just 2 bad sectors relocated its still green but if another sector drops off the platter that needs to be relocated it flags it as a warning in yellow and you can pretty much see that the drive is failing slowly, which could lead to a complete drive failure. On a 10 year old 164.7GB Hitachi, i changed the threshold on a SATA drive to allow the 2 bad sectors and monitor drive health and run hours etc on a monthly maintenance of my systems. Its still holding steady with healthy with just 2 bad sectors relocated. I got this drive for free and it had 58,000 run hours on it. I use it for audio/video capture with fraps when GAMING and its holding up to the massive read/write abuse of fraps since video files are uncompressed and large.I appreciate the responses. Im definitely learning. Restarted my comp and wasn't able to boot in any mode or even with a windows repair disk. it did another chkdsk that was much faster this time So I bought a new hdd and im searching forums trying to figure out how to safely and accurately install. but I have a noob question: I don't have a windows install disk. Do I have to buy one for 100$ even though I already have a product key? From the numerous forums I've been reading it looks like I just need to go and buy the installation disk since I wasn't well prepared for something like thisEdit: nvm I finally typed in the right strings of words in google and found a copy of windows 7 Quote I don't have a windows install disk. Do I have to buy one for 100$ even though I already have a product key? You could borrow a disc from a friend if original microsoft installation disc or a slip stream, and use your key against that install to save money. Otherwise you need to buy a copy of Windows to get the disc, and if you have 2 computers, you could install 7 to the one system with its original key and another computer such as a Windows xp system could take an upgrade to 7 maybe and then use the key that came with the disc on that 2nd computer, so you dont waste a key. Quote Edit: nvm I finally typed in the right strings of words in google and found a copy of windows 7 Hopefully this in reference to purchasing a copy and not an illegal download. There are some illegal iso's floating around out there for free download that should never be downloaded. Stay far far away from illegal iso's they are illegal + sometimes they have been altered to remove security features to make them more vulnerable to data leak/attack/infections by hackers that bait people with them since so many people cant resist free.Thanks Dave. I got it from pcworld and it's an old article. Its seemingly sketchy and I don't want to chance on screwing up the install so I plan on just buying a copy: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248995/how-to-install-windows-7-without-the-disc.htmlWindows 7 ISO image http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/ |
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