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Backup stalled at 96% on dying hard drive -s this usable?
Is the 96% backup going to be usable when my new computer arrives? (I ordered new computer yesterday)
Or does it have to finish - complete to 100% ?
Received noticed hard drive failure might be imminent on my Dell desktop with Windows 7 2 days ago.
(687 GB Hard Drive only half full) with 6 gb RAM) apprx 3 yrs old
Backed up important work files to small external hard drive immediately.
Bought a new 1TB external Seagate hard drive to back up the C drive.
Went to bed last night after 11 hours backing up successfully with it at 55%
This morning it was "frozen" at 96% (the sleep function was OFF)
Now acting erractically (mouse comes and goes, black screen comes and goes, it has beeped)...
I can't seem to get it to proceed from this point. It says "backup in progress" but unlike yesterday, it will not allow me to see the "details" so I can't tell if its still running.
Thanks for any help. I'm on a deadline and would like to connect the external hard drive to another machine.