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  1. Sep 16th, 2002, 12:32 AM #1
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    Does this mean the hard drive is going out?

    In windows explorer I was going through and deleting some folders and files I didn't need anymore and the computer kept locking up. Usualy when just trying to open the folders. Does this mean the hard drive is going out?
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    ps. Sorry about the first posting of this.. I really thought I was in the Gen. PC forum. I have corrected this now.
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  2. Sep 16th, 2002, 03:56 AM #2
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    Not necessarily, the files could just be fragmented. Just to be on the safe side, this is what you should do:

    For Win95/98 run ScanDisk (start menu/accessories or "Run")
    For Win NT/2000 run ChkDsk (start menu-Run)

    (at this stage your disk is ok, unless you've had a message saying different)

    Then on the start menu under accessories, run Defrag. (this will tidy up your hard drive and make it a bit faster for some files).
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  3. Sep 19th, 2002, 03:48 PM #3
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    It depends.
    If your HD is humming along ok and then, when the systems locks up, your HD stops making noise or made a bad sounding noise and then stopped then I would say yes your HD is on the way out.

    I had a HD do that on one of my first PCs. It was a rattle sound that went 'poing' when the system stopped. Rebooting would make it come back up but it would do it again in a little bit.

    I stopped buying Connor drives after that.
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