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Windows 7 upgrade/new HDD problems

beardiedog · 2016-10-11 19:57:59

A couple of months ago I cloned my XP IDE HDD and performed an in place upgrade to Windows 7 via Vista to save reinstalling all applications again. After some time installing all the updates and tweaking things to how I wanted them, I eventually was up and running and getting used to things and all seemed fine for a while.…

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beardiedog Posts: 666 Forumite

17 October 2016 at 7:25AM

Checked and reseated the IDE cable. Looks like it's a failing hard drive.

I managed to boot into it yesterday and checked it with WDD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic utility and it failed the smart test and the extended test found bad sectors.

So I'm going to clone it rather than risk repairing it and in the meantime carry on using my trusty XP drive.

Thanks for your help everyone :beer:

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