Random stuttering of whole system from time to time

You can try to capture a backup image of the HD to see if it transfers to a replacement satisfactorily. Since you have Seagate you can use Seagate Acronis premium imaging/cloning free utility which works quite well. The Manual is on the downloads page and easy to understand.

I would not waste any time creating the image.

Be sure to back up your files separately first which should already be done at all times. In order to mount an Acronis image to access files you must also have the full edition.

gregrocker said:

You can try to capture a backup image of the HD to see if it transfers to a replacement satisfactorily. Since you have Seagate you can use Seagate Acronis premium imaging/cloning free utility which works quite well. The Manual is on the downloads page and easy to understand.

I would not waste any time creating the image.

Be sure to back up your files separately first which should already be done at all times. In order to mount an Acronis image to access files you must also have the full edition.

Thanks for the software suggestion but I won't need to have the full version since I won't make an image but instead, directly clone the drive to another right?

Thanks for all your help everyone! sorry for any troubles caused

Insanitic said:

gregrocker said:

You can try to capture a backup image of the HD to see if it transfers to a replacement satisfactorily. Since you have Seagate you can use Seagate Acronis premium imaging/cloning free utility which works quite well. The Manual is on the downloads page and easy to understand.

I would not waste any time creating the image.

Be sure to back up your files separately first which should already be done at all times. In order to mount an Acronis image to access files you must also have the full edition.

Thanks for the software suggestion but I won't need to have the full version since I won't make an image but instead, directly clone the drive to another right?

No you will have everything you need to clone or image over.

I said you'd need full version only to mount the image to copy out data but this is not a satisfactory way to back up your data in this case because the image may fail due to disk condition. You'll have to try it to see using the Acronis Seagate app which is quite good itself.

Back up your data separately to another HD or external as should already be done at all times.

gregrocker said:

Insanitic said:

gregrocker said:

You can try to capture a backup image of the HD to see if it transfers to a replacement satisfactorily. Since you have Seagate you can use Seagate Acronis premium imaging/cloning free utility which works quite well. The Manual is on the downloads page and easy to understand.

I would not waste any time creating the image.

Be sure to back up your files separately first which should already be done at all times. In order to mount an Acronis image to access files you must also have the full edition.

Thanks for the software suggestion but I won't need to have the full version since I won't make an image but instead, directly clone the drive to another right?

No you will have everything you need to clone or image over.

I said you'd need full version only to mount the image to copy out data but this is not a satisfactory way to back up your data in this case because the image may fail due to disk condition. You'll have to try it to see using the Acronis Seagate app which is quite good itself.

got it thanks. Now just to find/buy a hard drive to clone into....

Britton30 said:

Insanitic said:

its not shaking the computer if you mean vibrating really hard, but it makes the computer stutter whenever windows tries to do a volume shadow copy. Is it really the harddrive? or maybe the motherboard, just to make sure

Boards make no noise nor any type of vibrations. Only a HDD or cooling fans are moving in a PC, in your case I'm certaine it is your drive.

You are misunderstanding me, I did not mean that the motherboard was vibrating but that the problem may like on the controllers, or SATA ports. But now I know its not either of those options and that you're right, its the HDD.