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February 9th, 2016 12:00
HD dying
I have an Inspiron 580 running W7 and getting a message saying my HD is dying. Ran chkdsk and showed no errors. Canno9t locate any recovery disk that came with the computer. I have a complete backup. Can anyone tell me what my options are? If I reformat, how do I get a copy of W7? If I buy a new HD, same question.
Thanks for your help
George
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sgr278
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February 9th, 2016 14:00
CHKDSK won't tell you if there is a problem as it doesn't detect all problems. if you run CHKDSK /f it will tell you if there is a problem and will try and fix bad sectors and corrupted files. Heat is the worst enemy for hard drives, I would replace the hard drive and order the OS that was supplied with your computer. I have had to do this myself and not a big deal. Buy an external enclosure for your old hard drive and transfer any media files and documents, etc. to your new hard drive.