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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 976458" data-attributes="member: 31436">If you are using a hard drive and not a SSD, it sounds like it has errors on it.&nbsp; I recoomend that you install the trial version of Hard Disk Sentinel.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.hdsentinel.com/[/URL]It will read the drive&#039;s own diagnostic data and instantly tell you if it has serious issues, and give a very rough estimate of how long the drive will last for.&nbsp; If it says the drive may fail soon, it&#039;s best to stop using the drive and getting a replacement one.&nbsp; I&#039;d recommend getting a SSD rather than hard drive, as they are so much faster.&nbsp; If the damage on the original drive is not too bad, then often you can clone the failing drive to a new one, and aferwards the new drive will boot, with no obvious data loss.&nbsp; I used to recommend using EaseUS Disk Copy for this, as there was an old version of it that was free and it can keep running when it enounters an error.&nbsp; However, it seems that they now block you from installing old versions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 976458, member: 31436"] If you are using a hard drive and not a SSD, it sounds like it has errors on it. I recoomend that you install the trial version of Hard Disk Sentinel. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.hdsentinel.com/[/URL] It will read the drive's own diagnostic data and instantly tell you if it has serious issues, and give a very rough estimate of how long the drive will last for. If it says the drive may fail soon, it's best to stop using the drive and getting a replacement one. I'd recommend getting a SSD rather than hard drive, as they are so much faster. If the damage on the original drive is not too bad, then often you can clone the failing drive to a new one, and aferwards the new drive will boot, with no obvious data loss. I used to recommend using EaseUS Disk Copy for this, as there was an old version of it that was free and it can keep running when it enounters an error. However, it seems that they now block you from installing old versions. [/QUOTE]

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