Windows 10: Hard disk issue Lenovo Laptop

I am having issue with what I believe is a hard disk issue in my laptop, it is a 1tb seagate St1000LM024 disk, over 750gb free.

Tried installing window 1803 feature update couple of nights ago took over 8 hours to install and that was after resetting the window update due to continued failure to install.

Tried to run windows chkdsk, set it up rebooted and it sat at 13% complete for over 3 hours until I aborted the check

Checked S.m.a.r.t and no errors found,

Downloaded and installed the latest seagate disk utility, currently running the fix all long test (started at 8:30 now 10:20 done 66%), ran the generic test, that gave a time of to complete of 4.30 minutes, took over 3 hours but did not list any errors.

That is not to mention the long load times to open windows or programs.

I am thinking of removing the disk and mounting it a USB caddy and doing a chkdsk on it on another Windows PC, but does this all sound like a disk drive issue?

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External Hard disk contents are not visible.

Hi Pranoti,

For us to narrow down your concern with your external hard disk, we would like to know the following:

• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue (e.g., updates, software installation)?
• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Do you hear any clicking sound when connecting your hard disk?

In the meantime, we suggest that you update all your device driver.

We look forward to your response.

 

Laptop hard drive upgrade

To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.

 

W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that