taufeeq_21

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recently my 1.5 tera external hard drive is making sound and is disconnecting frequently...it is happending quiet often...i dnd know what is wrong with...i am really worried if it crashes i will last all my data which i dnt have any backups..plz help me what i should do.... :pt1cable:
 

ram1009

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I agree with Chugot9218 about moving your files to a new HDD before the old one dies completely however I don't see why it would be necessary to install your OS on the new drive. Personally, I would simply buy another external drive and since they are both USB devices I would plug both in to the computer and migrate files from one to the other.
 

chugot9218

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Yeah, I guess you don't need to install the OS, you could just use an external, but, I would not want to put the failing HDD through any more stress than necessary, hence, not using it for the OS and reserving it's last bit of life to simply move the data off.

Oops, I did not realize this was an external, my bad. Do what he said ^^.
 

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