Possible Sign of HDD failure?

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clark02121992

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Hi again i have a sony laptop for 4 years and 4mos this happen two times when im booting up the laptop it takes minutes to boot up but ending up shutting down instead and then im going to reset by removing its laptop battery (though the battery is not working anymore) and then hold the power button for 30seconds then put the battery on and boot the laptop and it takes a couple of minutes to boot and eventually the laptop will boot up
so is it a sign?
 

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Not necessarily. You can check the integrity of your HDD using the CHKDSK command: CHDSK Win 8 or 8.1
 

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Are you doing regular backups of your hard drive? If not, this would be a good time to start. Even if you do a backup only once every few months, you will be able to recover pretty well from a hard drive failure.

Even if this problem isn't caused by a bad hard drive, you still should have a good backup or two, just in case.
 

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mrjimphelps said:
Are you doing regular backups of your hard drive? If not, this would be a good time to start. Even if you do a backup only once every few months, you will be able to recover pretty well from a hard drive failure.

Even if this problem isn't caused by a bad hard drive, you still should have a good backup or two, just in case.
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Yes i am doing a backup
 

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  • OS
    windows 8 single language
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio/SVE11126CAW
    CPU
    AMD E2 1800
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Antivirus
    Avast Free
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