How to Know Whether Your Laptop Hard Drive is Failing

Do you just use your laptop all the time without checking whether it is in proper condition? It is good to have it regularly maintained to avoid disastrous situations. If you want to know whether your laptop hard drive is failing, check for the following:

Folders and files are missing: This is usually not easy to note until when you notice that either the file or folder is missing. Some files and folders, both personal and system files, may go missing without the knowledge of the user. You mostly note that the folders and files are missing when error messages begin to appear that there are some system files missing or when the user is looking for a certain file, he/she finds out it is missing. If such situations occur, it means the hard disk is probably failing and thus one may lose their data.

Bad sectors shown by system utility programs: Running the chckdsk and scandisk utility programs, one can be able to know if the laptop hard drive is in good condition. These system utility programs reports on the scan they have done and also display the bad sectors of the laptop hard disk drive. These utility programs usually come with the operating system software. If the programs happen to show a large section of bad sectors, then it means that the hard disk is failing and data could be lost.

Hard drive overheating: This is usually difficult to note if you are using your laptop. The laptop hard drive may overheat if the laptop is put in conditions where the fan is not working properly. The laptop fan is supposed to cool down the heat emitted from the processor and the hard disk while they are running. If the fan is not in proper condition, it may cause overheating of the hard drive. The overheating may cause the internal part of the hard drive to expand and then some of them come into contact with each other and then as the platters (disks) are spinning, one can hear click sounds. Therefore, if the laptop fan is not working, it would be good to have it repaired or replaced or else your hard drive may get damaged.

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