chrismpw
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If its that old - delete your 'temp' folders and do a disk defray. That'll buy you some time.
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chrismpw
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At the pub where I used to moor my boat - a customer drove into the car park and casually discarded a bag of rubbish out-of the window. They didn't realise the old fella stood by them was the landlord. He picked it up, shoved it through the window and emptied the bag over the driver.
Quality response. More of this is needed.
The HDD is likely on it's way to the grave...back up important files and move to an SSD, if you can. The fact you're still on an old drive, in this day and age, is criminal if only for the speed difference. I would not suggest doing what @chrismpw mentioned (sorry, mate) as it could be the write arm that's going out and a defrag will just stress it and may lead to an earlier retirement. The clickies is almost certain death sooner or later; abandon ship. Multiple ways to do it, some more economical than others. Also, do not shut it down if you can.
chrismpw
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The backup and the ssd are good shouts. Transforms any old pc. I suggested the defrag as an easier and cheaper option. Have to say though that in 33 years of having a computer with various hard drives at home I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me ... and that was because I knocked it off a table.
The litter and fly tipping boils my piss too. The roadsides seem to be full of red bull or other energy drink cans like the people who drink them get a quick burst of energy to fling them out of their cars. The other one i see is the "effort" people make to dump stuff in the bush, hundreds of metres from a road, and its not just the usual stuff like mattresses and lounges its plastic bags of general household rubbish that could just go in the bin which strikes me as weird.
The backup and the ssd are good shouts. Transforms any old pc. I suggested the defrag as an easier and cheaper option. Have to say though that in 33 years of having a computer with various hard drives at home I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me ... and that was because I knocked it off a table.
The backup and the ssd are good shouts. Transforms any old pc. I suggested the defrag as an easier and cheaper option. Have to say though that in 33 years of having a computer with various hard drives at home I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me ... and that was because I knocked it off a table.
I completely understand why you suggested it as it would be a standard thing to do on a healthy drive; the problem with a defrag on an old platter drive that's (specifically, I must add) clicking is it will (depending on the last time it was done) stress the write arm for an extended period of time as it shoots around, moving fragmented data. The write arm's essentially performing the same function as the tonearm on a record player but without needing manual input, doing it at millisecond speed (it's why they're typically the source of clicking, lot of wear and tear) and without ever actually making contact with the surface.
Dropping an old platter drive, especially if it's on, can cause the write head to smack in to the platter itself, like dropping the tonearm on to vinyl can pit the vinyl...that's also why it's never a good thing to shut down older PC's by the power button, telling the OS to shut down through the software will park the write head off the platter's surface instead of right over it, if you do it by the button...that way, if it does encounter some form of movement, there's less chance of the head making contact with the surface and causing damage.
Sorry for the TL;DR response...just explaining the reasons for my first reply and maybe someone learned something, if they were arsed to read.
efcforever
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I support the bus strikers, but it's really unconvincing me. Let's hope it gets sorted soon.
Make a change from the usual Sawdust / Lisbon / yer Ma answer.
Should be in the minor thing's that make you happy thread tbh.
I always thought you were in Vic ?
Queenslander !
dholliday
deconstructed rep
The backup and the ssd are good shouts. Transforms any old pc. I suggested the defrag as an easier and cheaper option. Have to say though that in 33 years of having a computer with various hard drives at home I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me ... and that was because I knocked it off a table.
All good posts. I've got multiple computers on the go. Like Claus, sometimes i really need the exact same operating system/programs/files so a fresh installation is a balls-aching last resort.
First thing is to make sure the problem is the Hard Drive, and not software (OS, applications or viruses) or other hardware (RAM, CPU, Fan etc).
Here, in a failing Drive scenario where you want to keep exacty what you have, best bet is to:
1) create Image of your OS and save to external drive.
2) replace knackered HDD with brand-name SSD.
3) put Image into SSD.
You'll have effectively the exact same Windows: programs, files, foibles and all. I've used this method for continued long-term use of very specific installations.
Haven't done one since 2018-ish, so best to check updated user guides (as Windows 10 changes so frakking often).
Note: the Image solution only works if the host-computer (or laptop) is the same (or close enough). The imaged installed-OS won't recognise a new laptop, especially with different-brand motherboard.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I've still yet to understand a single Merseyrail platform announcement - incomprehensible garbage spoken at a billion words a second.
Right, it all makes sense now ??
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
When people say irregardless instead regardless