Timeline for Hard Drive Failure? Windows formatting incorrect disk on install?
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| Oct 7, 2016 at 7:42 | answer | added | SuperSoph_WD | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 0:55 | comment | added | ntgCleaner | @Ramhound I'm about to open it and start swapping disks. My system drive is just dedicated to system and programs. I save everything important on the 700gb HDD, so I'm not worried if the system drive is the one that failed. What I'm really worried about now is if the windows install happened to format my 700gb drive. It shows 692/692 free which is a bad sign.... | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 0:53 | comment | added | Ramhound | Your choosing the disk based on the identification number or the size of the drive? Have you tried to disconnect the failing drive? What was stored on the failing drive? | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 0:46 | comment | added | ntgCleaner | @Ramhound I do have 3 separate drives. 1x 120GB SSD, 1x 230GB SSD, 1x 700GB HDD | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 0:46 | comment | added | Ramhound | How many physical disks do you have, I doubt, you have 3 separate drives | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 0:37 | history | asked | ntgCleaner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |