Windows 10: dying hard drive

Discus and support dying hard drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; My hard drive is dying. Several times each week, it crashes and I get an error message "Hard drive failure. Press F1 to reboot". Sometimes F1 works,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by drd920, Nov 24, 2020.

  1. DRD920
    drd920 Win User

    dying hard drive


    My hard drive is dying. Several times each week, it crashes and I get an error message "Hard drive failure. Press F1 to reboot". Sometimes F1 works, sometimes I need to power off and restart, and sometimes I have to boot from a rescue CD. I want to buy a new hard drive and clone the old, dying hard drive with its operating system and programs. Is this possible?

    :)
     
    drd920, Nov 24, 2020
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  2. XLTDESPVX
    xLtdEspVx Win User

    Is my hard-drive dying?

    My acer aspire 5600U all in one PC has been acting up for a while now, for the ever since I updated to windows 8.1 years ago my computers hard drive has failed to recover from 100% disc usage...

    With the picture provided would any of you assume the drives dying ?

    If so, would It be wise to try and replace the hard drive with say-- an SSD in order improve performance? I'm just curious if this is even possible with it being an all in one system.. then again... its all possible with the know-how.

    Any other suggestions?
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    xLtdEspVx, Nov 24, 2020
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  3. MSAP14
    Msap14 Win User
    Hard Drive Data Recovery

    got a laptop pata hard drive that makes a slight constant clicking noise. hard drive is more than likely dead/dying right... i can see that partitions of the hard drive in disk management and i can see the partitions in my computer but i can't get to any of the data.

    any suggestions?
     
    Msap14, Nov 24, 2020
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  4. SIR B. FANNYBOTTOM
    Sir B. Fannybottom Win User

    dying hard drive

    Overclock your hard drive!!!

    Heres a much easier hack that I realized quite a few years ago that really does work!

    REQUIREMENTS:
    • Hard drive with molex power connection.
    • PSU with more than 1 strand that has molex plugs on it.
    • Wire strippers, soldering iron if you're fancy, electrical tape if you're not.
    STEPS:
    • Take the strand of connectors from your PSU, and decide which one will be the donator for this overclocking adventure.
    • Cut the yellow and orange cables, then twist them together.
    • Find the power connector you've chosen as the overclocking connector, and release the orange cable from the connector. Now use your preferred method to bind them together, then place it back together.
    • Plug in a drive and feel the speed!
    Congratulations! You've just overclocked your hard drive!
     
    Sir B. Fannybottom, Nov 24, 2020
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