- Nov 22, 2017
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Hi Midcareer
Firstly, apologies for the delay. I unfortunately had to take an enforced break.
As you have reimaged the drive I would like to run a check on the drive health again first.
Please do the following
Let's start by checking disk health and SMART status
GSmartControl
Follow the instructions below to test your hard drive health with GSmartControl:
Firstly, apologies for the delay. I unfortunately had to take an enforced break.
As you have reimaged the drive I would like to run a check on the drive health again first.
Please do the following
Let's start by checking disk health and SMART status
GSmartControl
Follow the instructions below to test your hard drive health with GSmartControl:
- Download GSmartControl and save it on your Desktop;
- Extract the content of the GSmartControl .zip archive and execute gsmartcontrol.exe; To extract you can right-click your mouse on the GSmartControl.zip file and select Extract.
- Identify your drive in the list, and double-click on it to bring up it's window (usually you'll find your drive by it's size or it's brand name);
- Go in the Perform Tests tab, then select Extended Self-test in the Test type drop-down list and click on Execute (this test can take a few hours to complete);
- Once the test is over, the results will be displayed at the bottom of the window. Please copy and paste these results in your next reply;
- Also, go in the Attributes tab and if you have any entries highlighted in red or pink, copy and paste their name in your next reply (or take a screenshot of the GSmartControl window and attach it in your next reply);