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Failing hard disk
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Mar 15, 2026643 viewsConfidence Score0%
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One of my hard disks seems to be failing. I've since disconnected it and I'm looking for a solution. When I start the machine, the disk drive spins up and is recognized. On the last 2 boots since the problem started, Windows wanted to run check disk on it, so I let it. I got messages like "Deleting…
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All of my PCs, some of which are on 24/7, some only on while I'm using them, are set to power down the hard disks after 20 minutes. The accepted answer on the question you linked to says that there is no data showing this is damaging (plus, if there…
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