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Failing hard drive?
About a week ago, my computer got the Blue Screen of Death and crashed. It was trying to do some memory dump, but never worked.
Rebooted the computer and I notice that either the programs didn't work or it was lagging. I did the Windows Error scanning that scans my hard drive. It found a bunch of errors and fixed some. But it always gets stuck at 98% at stage 4 of 5. Does this mean my hard drive is dying? Or will a hard reformat fix it? |
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That seems indicative of a failing drive. When hard disks start to go bad, it's never a good idea to rely on it any longer than you should.
I recommend the use of SpinRite 6. Run your hard disk through it, grab as much as you can off the drive, and ditch it once you're through. |
Damn. At least Windows runs and everything. Better get my stuff all backed up.
It's a Dell Dimension 4600, about five years old. Do you guys think this is a good replacement? I honestly don't need a very big hard drive. Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives |
80GB for $40? You'd be getting a much better deal by buying a 500 gig instead. You get 420GB more for merely double what the 80GB drive costs.
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives |
Basil, your HD is SATA while his is IDE. I doubt many computers that are 5 years old (especially a Dell workstation) would have expansion slots for SATA connections.
That said, you can still get a 320GB IDE drive for $80 off of Newegg. Newegg.com - ide hard drive, $75 - $100 Since they're all the same price, be sure to get one that's got a 16MB cache instead of an 8MB one, too. So, either go for the first Seagate one listed there, or the first one that's in a retail box. |
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