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by yarik1390

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i have a major problem-my hard disk has an error!!!"Windows Delay Failed" when trying to enter this hard disks folders and its not responding.When this happens,it makes a little "CLICK" sound (similar to pop-up blockers),starts working or something then makes another sound (same one) for stopping again.repeats like this forever.on reboot,it says "bad sectors ...number..."!!!tried so many little programs to determine the problem and fix it-nothing works.
Can you help?

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by charliespencer

You have a drive dying of hardware failure. You need to save what data you can and replace it immediately. The more you use this drive, the more errors you will get, so use it as little as possible until you can backup the data. Sorry, but always assume a hard drive will eventually crash.

by cmiller5400

It sounds like you disk is failing. If you can, make a backup of the important data NOW; if you can't, it probably is too late.

Download the manufacturers diagnostic program from their website and run it on the drive. If it is still under warranty, it will give you a code to give to the techs.

Good luck.

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