https://gyazo.com/c8dcaabf1c3716eb67115a2a0c7e9f8e ok i got a new drive coming in the mail tomorrow bcs recently this drive im on now keeps hanging up my pc like dead stop freezing corrupting files and disk usage always going from 0-100% randomly basically idle but im just curious how done really is this drive?
How done is this drive
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Done enough that I would turn it off right now, wait until you have something to back it up to, turn on, backup whatever you can, and toss it.
Once it gets like that it will only get worse, and the more you run it the worse it will get.
Once it gets like that it will only get worse, and the more you run it the worse it will get.
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I wouldn;t touch it until you can back up your data from it as a secondary drive to reduce possible loss.
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Any number of things, was probably bad out of the box. Sometimes it can be from movement. Maybe it was dropped in shipping. Bad sectors spread like cockroaches.
Chances of it like dying right this second are unlikely, however every time you use it it WILL get worse. So how much of your data do you want to lose? Hence, turn it off now and wait until you are ready to back up..
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Don't forget heat. Bad air flow allowing for higher than normal temps will cause drives to fail too.
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Yes good point. The most mechanical part of your PC generates a lot of internal heat on its own, then additional heat from a bad enclosure etc, is a recipe for disaster.
true even though heat wasnt the problem im on my laptop now not gonna cut my desktop back on till tomorrow but when i turn it on do you think itll last long enough to clone the drive or whatever and do you know of a good way to move everything including files and windows fast to a new drive? Thank you for the help btw
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I use this program:
http://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html
Works excellently for cloning.
That said IMHO I would not clone that drive, I would back up the data somewhere and re-install windows on a new drive. If you clone it with those bad sectors you are potentially cloning corrupted data. Corrupt windows data is always a mess and you will NEVER fix it. Better off starting new.
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