I'm getting a bad hard drive warning.
Should I get a new hard drive?
If so is there a way for me to move everything exactly as it is over to a new hard drive, I mean drivers, programs and all.
I use my computer for recording in Pro Tools HD and it's very sensitive to any kind of modifications.
Is there a way to migrate to a new hard drive and for it to be 100% exactly the same?
Thanks
Make an image of the drive and then install the new drive and restore it.
I recommend Macrium , it is free and reliable.
good luck
Sven
The Method Two of Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer will do. It is what Sven1458 posted, in an elaborated form.
At the same time, you may want to test the existing HDD. Seatools will be a good tool to use.
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
Just one more thing instead of starting a new post:
Now when I start up the computer I get this black screen that says
"CHKDSK is verifying indexes (state 2 of 5)..."
This take FOREVER to finish. It's been two hours already and it just started stage 5 of 5.
I was wondering if this is also an indication that my hard drive is going bad?
What can I do?
Thanks
I believe the convential wisdom is to let chkdsk run to completion, no matter how long it takes.This take FOREVER to finish. It's been two hours already and it just started stage 5 of 5.
...
What can I do?
I just ran both the Short and Long Generic tests from the Seagate program
and I got a Pass on both of them.
Also as to the CHKDSK that the computer did this morning it said it found no errors.
At the same time I'm getting error messages from Windows urging me to back up my hard drive and install a new hard drive because this one is about to go bad.
Do you have any suggestions as to what's going on?
Last edited by Aperture; 28 May 2016 at 23:09.
The warnings make me think a SMART attribute is near or below threshold, but I would have thought the Seagate utility would not pass such a drive. Anyway, I'd suggest running CrystalDiskInfo and sharing a screenshot as in this post. CDI is just a suggestion, there are other utilities that can access SMART data. For example, I'm pretty sure Intel SSD Toolbox can access SMART data of any brand of SSD or HDD.
Either clone that HD to another HD today, or, make at least one if not two full images of your OS and data partition onto at least one if not two external HDs using something like Macrium Reflect [free or pay-for] or Image for Windows [I think still free, for sure pay-for] or Acronis True Image [for sure pay-for] today. And, going forward, please begin making weekly or bi-monthly full image backups.
OK, so I guess it's time to buy a new hard drive.
Just went on Amazon and I saw that there's
SATA then there's SATA II and also SATA III, there's PATA, SAS, SCSI as well.
My computer is an HP Z800 workstation from November of 2009.
I remember because I bought it a month after Win 7 was released.
Does that help telling what connection my OS hard drive is.
I have three hard drives 1tb each, was the largest at the time and I use this computer for recordings.
Thanks for your help....it's been amazing. Hope to get this behind me asap.
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