What Are Warning Signs of Hard Drive Failure?
While you may be able to repair software errors caused by bad sectors and in some cases you may be able to repair the bad sectors themselves, if your drive has begun to fail mechanically nothing will stop the process. The key is to detect the imminent failure of your drives before they give out on you and data is lost. Let’s look at some common warning signs of impending hard drive failure: • Frequent but irregular crashes, especially while booting up Windows® • Frequent and cryptic error messages while performing typical activities like moving files • Folder and file names that have been scrambled and changed • Disappearing files and folders • Really long wait times to access folders and files • Hard disk is silent for a long period after you request data by opening a file or folder • Garbled output from open files or printing • Hard drive grinds away constantly because of noisy bearings Sound can be an excellent indicator of disk trouble! If you previously didn’t hear a peep from you
