Goodbye C Drive

[raccoon]

@xevious

Sorry I’m coming into this late… but I was wondering if you ran an integrity check on the hard drive. It should not have “unraveled” as it did, under normal circumstances. Given how this laptop was originally installed with Windows 7, it’s an old one. And it could be that your disc is suffering gradual degradation. This happened to me. What caused it to fail in a similar way was that a bad sector affected a few system files. I ran a successful repair, but then it happened again and in a worse way. I could not recover. I later discovered that the hard drive was “dying” a slow death of bad sectors.

At this point, SS drives have come down in price so significantly, it can make sense to buy one. Also, truly assess your space usage — you may find you don’t need a large one. I have a 500Gb in one laptop and a 750Gb in another.

The driver updating software is what caused the hard drive to not boot.

There is nothing wrong with the hard drive.

It is a SSD.

[raccoon]

@Lexel

Having no backup drive is terrible, these days HDDs and SSDs are so cheap

I have always two very big HDDs that store all big data also the stuff on the SSDs is regularly copied them
One drive is external and only used a few times a year to back up new data from the other big HDD

Also older HDDs I retired from PC use are put in a metal box in my parents house just in case my PC gets stolen or it gets physically destroyed
Really important stuff like driver designs etc. are also in real time backup with online storage space
You get for example from ASUS 5 GB free space (10 GB more if you let 2 friends register over a link), the program stores all your folders you can simply enable in windows explorer

I have plenty of hard drives to backup to.

I just hadn't backed up the SSD since December.

That problem has been resolved.

[Macka17]

I keep OS and drivers etc on 250gig SSD IN machine.

2 terra external for everything else.
Plus an old 1 terra Backup set on Auto.

ALL modern laptops have a reset button to reset back to factory basics.
My Dell is zero and Start. Then just update the drivers you want it too.

Do NOT format the drive.
unless you load ALL the drivers from MFG for THAT Individual Laptop
first.
ALL or them. They ALL vary with factory contents.

I reset mine around every 3 or 4 months .
Keeps it clean and fairly tidy.

I Use Bitdefender Total for security, for well over ten yrs.
Recommended by my bank Manager (a fishing mate)

NEVER. EVER had a hiccup in any of the 5 machines
I can cover on basic payment.

PC. Lappie. Tablet. 2 x Samsung Phones.
And I go Everywhere I’m NOT supposed to on Internet.

ALL Banking is linked to a DEBIT card in a Bank
other than the one with my accounts in.
I just keep enuff money on it to cover this months bills
ALL set for same date.
Auto Transfer that figure coupla days b4 due.
to clear it.
Then my $40 a month spending money.
For toys.

[deleted-200707]

I agree, I have a spare SSD in my machine that I clone my C to periodically. Just change the boot drive in bios iffn a problem.

($40…… hmm I must petition an increase in my allowance)

[BlueSwordM]

Backups are very important.

Backups, backups, backups.