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Computer Repair Tips: Seven More Early Warning Signs of a Hard Drive Crash

Here are another seven signs of eminent hard
drive failure. If your hard drive is havingSign 11 - The System locks-up during boot up,
any of these seven symptoms then you mustrepeatedly
take immediate action to backup your files...
Okay, even the best of machines, even
"Back up my hard drive? How do I put it inbrand-new-outta-the-box ones will misbehave
reverse?"  ~  Unknownby locking up occasionally. Occasionally...
If you start have lockups every other time
While doing regular backups is veryyou boot up your machine, the drive can be
important, sometimes people believe thathaving lots of read/write errors that
backups are some kind of magic bullet so theyoverwhelm  it.  Time  to  go  shopping.
let themselves get over confident and let bad
hardware issues get out of control. By payingSign 12 - ScanDisk or a third-party utility
attention and seeing if your machine isshows  bad  sectors
experiencing any of these seven signs of
eminent hard drive failure, you may be ableWindows' drive diagnostic tool Scandisk if
to save yourself hours of wasted time and anone of my faves. By running it and setting it
expensive  repair  bill.to "automatically fix" errors, you can see if
your drive has physical bad "spots" or
Sign  8  -  Disappearing  files  and  folderssectors on the disk platters. You can also
use a third-party program. All the major hard
As a drive goes bad it will often displaydrive manufacturers have free utilities on
subtle indications of trouble. One of thetheir  websites.
most overlooked are "vanishing" files or
folders. If you notice that you can neverSign 13 - Error message: Disk can't find the
find your files anymore or that folders youWindows Master File Table (MFT) or Master
"know" were there are now gone, then yourBoot  Record  (MBR)
hard  drive  maybe  slip  sliding  away.
You may have a bit of luck with this one. The
Sign 9 - Folder and file names that have beengood news, a virus or piece of spyware has
scrambled  and  changedtaken over your drive and rewritten or
"hidden" the MFT (on Windows 2000 and later)
A related issue is that you can find theor MBR (Windows 98/Me and earlier). You may
folder or file you want...or at least yoube to repair this with some technical help.
think you have. The filename is messed up butThe bad news, is that the MFT/MBR files
when you open it, it's the letter you wererarely get corrupted or become infected, so
looking for. But you have a set way ofthis  is  almost  a  sign  of drive gone bad.
labeling your files it is way wrong. A sign
of  things  going  badly  quickly.Sign  14  -  The  drive  is  running  hot
Sign 10 - You experience really loooong waitsThis one sign you probably will never notice
to  access  folders  and  filessince, it requires that the case be removed
from your computer. Instead of sign this
Another related issue. You can find the fileshould actually be classified as a more of a
fine but you notice that over the last littletest. If you notice any of the other problems
bit, it's been taking practically forever tomentioned above, then you can pop your PC
open folders or files. Once you click on acase and lay your hand on top of hard drive
file, you can get up, grab a coffee, and readwhile in operation. It should be warm but not
the front page of daily paper before it openshot to the touch. A hot device is positive
up. Just joking, but accessing files arephysical sign of early failure.
noticeably  slower.



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