... other than the warning it's giving me, I detect nothing wrong with how it's performing. I have made a back-up to my terrabyte portable drive (GOOD GOD 14 HOURS to copy!!). And I've done a de-dusting with compressed air and I'm going to give it a thorough de-frag and checkdisk if I can. But how can I tell -really- if the drive is failing?
If I do need to get a new HD, I suppose I'll have to get a commercial version of Windows to go on it. In which case it's Windows 7 for me (none of this Windows 8 crap) so is Win7 still available retail, and if so, has the cost dropped any?
If I do need to get a new HD, I suppose I'll have to get a commercial version of Windows to go on it. In which case it's Windows 7 for me (none of this Windows 8 crap) so is Win7 still available retail, and if so, has the cost dropped any?