[AT] OT - laptop hard drive

[Len Rugen]

 Laptops hard drives are usually even easier than desktops.  Windows is like dead animals, it decomposes, after a few years, it's hopeless, about all you can do is format the hard drive and reinstall.  

One test, download a "Live CD" of some Linux OS (I'd suggest Zorin).  You can boot and run that without changing anything on your hard drive.  If is is now fast and stays up, you're probably right about it being OS/disk issues.  If it still crashes, it could be ram, cpu or motherboard.   

If the system has a good enough CPU and enough memory, I"d suggest getting a solid state disk (SSD).  No moving parts, they are much faster.  

 


     On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:35 AM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
   

 Hi all, I have a Dell laptop that is about 8 years old running windows 
7. I have a hunch that the hard drive may be on it's way out, it takes 
forever to boot, it freezes for no reason, and now I'm getting random 
blue screens that pop up out of no where. I've run every malware and 
antivirus I have and everything is clean. I've installed hard drives in 
desktops before, but never a laptop. How hard is it, and what type 
should I be looking for? Any advantage going with 7200 rpm vs 5400 rpm. 
Right now the computer has a 500GB SATA Samsung hard drive; apparently 
Samsung was bought out by Seagate.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike M


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