LinearComputer hard drive failure? (Computer & Hardware Questions)
My PC crashed before christmas and now i cannot install windows updates. I ran belarc advisor and it said i have a hard drive failure which seems to make my computer run very slow. I had to run the start-up disc to get it running again after it crashed and defragemented the hard drive but nothing seems to resolve the problem. Is there anything i can do short of having a new hard drive installed?
Computer hard drive failure?
by JTT 
, Saint Charles, MO, Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 08:59 (190 days ago) @ mike
Hey,
It sounds like there are bad sectors on the drive. What operating system do you have?
If you have XP goto "My Computer" and right click on the c:\, Properties, Tools Tab. Check for errors.
Reboot.
Start looking for a new hard drive. 
Computer hard drive failure?
I did what you said and its not so sluggish anymore! Thank you.
