Jim2010
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Hello anyone and everyone.
I have a Dell Studio from 2008 or so, have had errors telling me that I had a bad hdd. I looked into it with a support tech, he looked it over and seen no reason to show the hdd was damaged. He did take a look and run some tests remotely, and said that some viruses or adware can cause this type of error and that by removing the adware/virus it could clear up the problem.
I was already looking into upgrading to Windows 7, which with a clean install, could fix my virus problems, whereas the affected files will be blocked. I have had the W7 running for about 12 hours now and guess what? I just had my first bad hard disk error.
Are there any options to look into before I have someone look at it, or even replace the hard drive, ( can I still keep my W7 after getting a new hdd?), not sure what the possibilities in all of this are.
Your opinions are appreciated.
I have a Dell Studio from 2008 or so, have had errors telling me that I had a bad hdd. I looked into it with a support tech, he looked it over and seen no reason to show the hdd was damaged. He did take a look and run some tests remotely, and said that some viruses or adware can cause this type of error and that by removing the adware/virus it could clear up the problem.
I was already looking into upgrading to Windows 7, which with a clean install, could fix my virus problems, whereas the affected files will be blocked. I have had the W7 running for about 12 hours now and guess what? I just had my first bad hard disk error.
Are there any options to look into before I have someone look at it, or even replace the hard drive, ( can I still keep my W7 after getting a new hdd?), not sure what the possibilities in all of this are.
Your opinions are appreciated.