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aryankanse6

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4. What can I do to prevent hard drive failure?

Reply to ronatchig (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:46 PM

Jun 2020

Recently, the drive in my laptop failed 3 years after I bought my laptop. I just got another installed and learned there was a bit I should've done but didn't, like defragmenting for example. I know all hard drive die at one point but what can I do to prevent it from happening so often?

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? Hard drive failure [View all] ronatchig Jun 2020 OP

Backup first, More info please Best_man23 Jun 2020 #1

Odds CloudWatcher Jun 2020 #2

Thanks fellas ronatchig Jun 2020 #3

What can I do to prevent hard drive failure? aryankanse6 Jun 2020 #4

What to do ... CloudWatcher Jun 2020 #5

Well fixed it. ronatchig Aug 2020 #6