Corrupted(?) Win7x64 to upgrade to Win8Prox64 -- Possible?

Hi, I just registered just to ask for this particular dilemma I have. Since it wasn't even posted on the "sticky" up top -- I might as well ask about it.

Since Feb. 28 these are the updates that I have installed:

-Platform Update for Windows 7 x64-Edition (KB2670838)
-Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.145.817.0)
-Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2739159)
-Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2779562)




Prior to Feb. 28 was just 4 updates for Windows Defender. Recently, around the start of March, my PC has been freezing up quite a lot of times, though it won't go to BSOD. Hours and minutes later, it still works, then came that time when I re-booted my laptop, and it went on a Disk Check. I skipped it once. However, when I was about to log-in, my laptop just went off and restarted again, I did the same thing twice -- still the same results.

During Disk Check, I noticed it was deleting quite a lot of files, I just put the monitor to sleep and disregarded everything. When it was finished, I logged-in and notice a few things:

-I can no longer click on the volume control on the taskbar.
-My antivirus (avast! 7) won't start/work.
-My Photoshop notifies me of a "corrupted file."

I tried restarting again my laptop, and this time it went to Disk Check again, I looked at it carefully, and I notice some .dll files are being deleted. This keeps happening until this time of post.

Right now, I'm still downloading Windows 8 Pro. And before I install this, I wanna ask something

1. Can I upgrade to Windows 8 Pro ("Keep personal files only") -- even if my Windows 7 is already corrupted?

2. What are the files covered by that option (as mentioned above) -- based on MS, it'll keep my "User" folder, how about my Libraries (Docs, Music, Pictures, and Videos)?

The reason why I want to try that option above is because, I have a 465GB HDD on this laptop, it's loaded with videos of Animes (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail, etc) -- approx. 402GB is consumed -- and those series are hard to find -- I don't want to clean up everything coz I don't have the luxury to download them back all (sucky internet connection).

My worry is, if I upgrade to Win8 -- it might be corrupted as Win7.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

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A little history of my Laptop:

I bought it pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium x86 -> I "clean" installed it with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (back when it was released).

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools first.

Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried using the SeaTools for Windows, I got the latest version from Seagate's website. have the latest version of .NET (4.5) -- after installing, I run the program, I got an error:



Ever since last night, I haven't turned off my laptop -- I'm avaoiding that Check Disk. I also forgot to mention, about 2 days/nights ago, I had a BSOD fiasco, 0x0000007A it happened 3 consecutive times when I'm trying to fix my antivirus.


Right now, I'm checking if I have any out dated drivers.

Download the Seagate bootable CD & run.

My w7 had lots of problems from corruption, from blue screens to lockups. Running explorer real slow to having to reload explorer manually. I upgraded to w8 and all my problems went away. Of course, w8 presented new problems like a new learning curve.

theog said:

Download the Seagate bootable CD & run.

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OK.

I'll post results when I wake up tomorrow.

rgauchey said:

My w7 had lots of problems from corruption, from blue screens to lockups. Running explorer real slow to having to reload explorer manually. I upgraded to w8 and all my problems went away. Of course, w8 presented new problems like a new learning curve.

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Exactly also the same things that happened with me on win7. Can I ask, did you "clean" install win8?

FrostJoke said:

theog said:

Download the Seagate bootable CD & run.

Click to expand...

OK.

I'll post results when I wake up tomorrow.

rgauchey said:

My w7 had lots of problems from corruption, from blue screens to lockups. Running explorer real slow to having to reload explorer manually. I upgraded to w8 and all my problems went away. Of course, w8 presented new problems like a new learning curve.

Click to expand...

Exactly also the same things that happened with me on win7. Can I ask, did you "clean" install win8?

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I did an upgrade. If that didn't fix things I was prepared to do a clean install. But, all is good right now.

I'd do the "keep documents and setting" not a full upgrade.
And It might be good to diagnose the problem first, as it may be a dying disk or a virus.