How to Check Health of Hard Drive

How to Check Health of Hard Drive
So you think your hard drive or SSD is failing? If your hard drive is making a repeated loud clicking sound or grinding sound or any other nosey sound coming from the hard drive, it could be failing. Time to backup your data before it fails. Got an SSD or NVME drive? no sound will come from that drive, but it does not mean its can't fail. Bad sectors are common on bad failing drives.

The common symptoms of bad drives:

1. A file cannot be read or written to the hard drive.
2. BSOD Your computers file system needs to be repaired.
3. Applications constantly freeze up and crash.
4. Frequent errors occur while moving files from one place to another.
5. Computer running slow, especially while accessing large files.
6. Strange sounds coming from the drive, like grinding sound or repeated loud clicking.
7. Can't install Windows

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[Britec]

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[US_Joe]

Good topic and refresher. If I may add my 2 cents, users should not use chkdsk as a paranoid test too frequently. If you use chdsk too much, it can create errors! Use Chkdsk only when reasonably necessary ! I speak from experience, though strange, but true.
Thank you Brian

[ultralaggerREV]

Also, PLEASE DO NOT strain your computer on rooms that are currently experiencing hot weathers.
My sister would always be having her room extremely enclosed with ZERO ventilation and caused her hard drive to immediately DIE and her OS would BSOD constantly

[train]

Fantastic, info bri,
Concise, methidical, and crystal clear as allways, thankyou

[chekchow]

OMG this give me chills! Remind me about backup that I used since decade ago!!

[universalcine]

Thanks a lot Britec I've learned more on your interesting video.

[tiebeththeninja]

I use Argus Monitor, it gives plenty of warning if a drive/external drive is on the way out & has saved me on 4 occasions so far.
I use Ashampoo Backup Pro for my main drives.

[RedGloveFan]

Ok great video!
Very easy to understand, I will run that scan straight up and do the backup later.

[johngoard]

A good video Brian because I think I might have an issue with one or both of my hard drives (SSD's).

[Nick]

That's why you need to backup frequently. 👍

[isaackingvideos]

Well I'm glad I've still got my old laptop from 2008 the hardrive has been healthy for 14 years

[HenryFalkner]

My two exterrnal drives invariably fill up before they start deteriorating. Then I buy bigger drives. When video processing, I get my AVS4U programs to read from one drive and write to the other. This reduces the thrashing around caused by reading and writing in quick succession on the same drive.

[mdavid]

Agree.. Always replace a failing drive.

[KaptainSpaulding]

Have used Macrium for years. It has pulled me out of the fire many many times...

[thelightbrigadef]

I was wondering if folder can support custom background. I mean the folder you can choose according to the selected file and will change the background. When I was a kid, I've a USB port which having a custom background. It was my sister who helped me changed it and run on windows XP. I wish someone can find the solution and research for Windows 10 and above.

[allan]

I have HD Sentinel running on start up keeping a check on a SSD
Previously ran a WD Spinner and it warned of a failure within 2 weeks, it lasted 6 days so keep things backed up

[rwhunt]

What is the difference between a backup, clone, and an image?

[ejtaylor]

You always seem to know what problems I have and do a video on it. Any time I restart the pc I get scanning and repairing drive, and pc boots up. I did right click, properties, tools, and do check disk from there and it says there are no errors. This isn't on my boot drive, just one of the extra drives I have for extra storage. I got a new 8TB drive to replace 2 drives that are 3TB total, and will copy over everything from the old drives. Even though it says no errors, better to be on the safe side and replace it.

[ryanzmuda]

Will crystal disk info ever get updated.

[omparghale]

Hi Brian!
Is there a way to check the HDD health on linux mint?