Good ol’ technology! You have got to say that it is quite the blessing considering it seriously reduces the consumption of papers. You have everything stored safely and securely. You can even dig up articles that you saved on your hard disk once upon a time.
A hard disk is an excellent digital storage device. It is not only good for primary storage, in fact it also serves as an excellent medium for back up storage – well until it decides that it has served you enough and needs to rest for good. In times like these it can take it can really have you chomping on your fingers once you are done with your nails.
A hard disk failing is quite an upsetting feat for any user. If only it would let us know that it had had enough and was going to call it quits. Well, to be honest, if you are lucky enough you just might get to know about its health deteriorating; and thus you can gather all your treasures from your hard disk in time.
If you have just logged on to Windows and have been greeted with the “Windows detected a hard disk problem”, then you should take this error seriously. This error indicates that there is a problem with your hard disk which could mean anything from bad, unreadable clusters to sectors. Once such a problem arises with your hard disk, then it seldom heals. There is no telling as to whether you will be able to access windows itself on the next boot or not.
Backup: Before you do anything, the first thing you should do is back up all your important data.
Hard Disk Image: Backup your hard disk by creating a hard disk image, so that you can simply recover the image on another hard if needed.
Hard Disk Tools: Go to the website of your Hard Disk vendor and download any recovery tools that they have to offer.
CHKDSK: Run the Check Disk utility from the command prompt as administrator with the ‘CHKDSK /F /R’ parameters. SpinRite is another good tool for scanning, fixing and backing up hard disks.
New Primary: If you are unable to have your hard disk fixed, then you should probably arrange for a new hard disk and copy your current hard disk’s image on it. If required, use the old hard disk as secondary.
Once again, do not take this error lightly. You never know when your hard disk might die out – backup, backup, backup! Backup before you do anything else. In fact, you should regularly backup your important data so that you are not pulling at your hair if such a hazard strikes.
