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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:43 PM Sep 2016

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Is my HD about to quit?

It's been running on and on with the light going.
It's been frozen at times also.

Anyone know what this readout means?

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Is my HD about to quit? (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2016 OP

How much "free space" is on the drive? jonno99 Sep 2016 #1

I'm away from the computer right now but... SHRED Sep 2016 #2

Looks good - you're not pushing it too close to the edge. First thing I'd do jonno99 Sep 2016 #4

Backup!!! lastlib Sep 2016 #3

Yep +1 jonno99 Sep 2016 #5

10 4 SHRED Sep 2016 #6

When "Reallocated Sector Count" is beyond the defined threshold ChromeFoundry Sep 2016 #7

jonno99

(2,620 posts)

1. How much "free space" is on the drive?

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:15 PM

Sep 2016

Edit:
Also, how much RAM do you have?

And assuming this is Windows machine, is it running 32 or 64-bit?

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

2. I'm away from the computer right now but...

Reply to jonno99 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:21 PM

Sep 2016

I have about 80g free I think.
8g RAM
Win10 64bit

It's an older computer.
6 years at least.
I can post more specs when I get home.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)

4. Looks good - you're not pushing it too close to the edge. First thing I'd do

Reply to SHRED (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:32 PM

Sep 2016

is run "ChkDsk" on the PC (for Win 8 & 10):
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disk-error-checking-windows-8

Good luck!

lastlib

(24,905 posts)

3. Backup!!!

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:32 PM

Sep 2016

On your way home, get an external hard drive and back up critical data files to it.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)

5. Yep +1

Reply to lastlib (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:36 PM

Sep 2016

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

6. 10 4

Reply to lastlib (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 10:28 PM

Sep 2016

I was thinking of getting a new SSD HD and cloning over the OS and all over to it from the sputtering current hard drive.

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

7. When "Reallocated Sector Count" is beyond the defined threshold

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:06 AM

Sep 2016

...this is an indication of imminent drive failure.
You may get a few hours to several months of usage out of it before it completely fails, but Mr. Murphy will dictate that the failure time will be when you need the computer the most critically.
Get a new drive. Image the old drive to the new drive. Perform a security wipe on the old drive and chuck it.

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