I was doing some web browsing today when my laptop started freezing and got extremely slow. after finally getting the computer rebooted, it was still very slow (took 10 minutes just to get to desktop). I put my ear to the bottom and could hear a rhythmic clicking noise. 2 clicks every few seconds, which I assume was the HD.
So I rebooted again and it automatically recommended I run chkdsk, which found, and I assume, repaired several errors.
Now Im able to use the laptop again, but several icons on my desktop are screwy. and when I backed up my files I got this error message with several of them. 0x8007045d i/o device error.
Does this sound like the HD is about to go? Is there anything I should run/do to confirm, before buying a replacement? Of course my 1 year warranty expired 10 days ago. I never had an issue with the laptop until today.
Also, this drive is a 5400 rpm 500 Gig drive (ASUS laptop). Is it safe to install a 7200 drive as a replacement? Or could that cause heating issues?
I am running win7 btw, 64 bit.
Thanks
So I rebooted again and it automatically recommended I run chkdsk, which found, and I assume, repaired several errors.
Now Im able to use the laptop again, but several icons on my desktop are screwy. and when I backed up my files I got this error message with several of them. 0x8007045d i/o device error.
Does this sound like the HD is about to go? Is there anything I should run/do to confirm, before buying a replacement? Of course my 1 year warranty expired 10 days ago. I never had an issue with the laptop until today.
Also, this drive is a 5400 rpm 500 Gig drive (ASUS laptop). Is it safe to install a 7200 drive as a replacement? Or could that cause heating issues?
I am running win7 btw, 64 bit.
Thanks
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