Chkdsk ran and found 4 unreadable sectors. I'm assuming that it deleted the bad data and rewrote it in another area as win 7 home prem now loads. I have data like pics and custom vids I would be sick to lose.
Is this drive going to fail and if so can you recommend my next best course of action? (assumed backup/imaging/clone?). Just don't know the best route and not ready to call Geek Squad to do it for me.
I did a right click>send to>compressed zip file on just one pic folder today and it is still running 7 hours later. There are several folders and I fear the time nec to compress the video folder.
You should run the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic program on the drive. See if it reports drive errors.
You should have your important data backed up on another hard drive anyway. All hard drives will fail eventually. If it is not backed up then it obviously is not important.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1i7-3820GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GBEVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built - Jan 2013
OS
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
CPU
i7-3820
Motherboard
Asus P9X79-PRO - Bios 4608
Memory
GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Sound Card
On board Realtek ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S271HL
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
#1- Samsung 840 Pro Series
#2- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
#3- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-850TX-V2 - 850 watt (by Seasonic)
Case
Corsair Obsidian 550D
Cooling
Standard 3 120mm case fans, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Yep, if you would think that any data is important to you, I will go one step ahead of TVeblen and say that you should first backup all your data to another drive - before even running the manufacturer's diagnostic/repair utility. And don't compress them - no point - just copy them 1:1 ( Most Audio, Photo and Video is already compressed.)
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