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canetoad

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11. Try checking your drive for errors

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2019, 07:02 PM

Jul 2019

Open the Computer icon, right click the C drive and select properties.

Go to the Tools tab, select Error Checking and hit the Check button.

You'll get a message about not being able to check while the disk is in use, do you want to check next reboot. Select yes and reboot, you may get an option to repair errors, say yes.

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I have a HP Inspiron 15 3521 that, after years of steady use now [View all] Ptah Jul 2019 OP

Something in backup...corrupted pbmus Jul 2019 #1

Do you mean that my WD passport is corrupted? Ptah Jul 2019 #2

You said you were copying from backup.. pbmus Jul 2019 #5

It crahsed a week after I backed up the laptop to the external drive. Ptah Jul 2019 #6

I am suggesting that you try to start with clean copy... pbmus Jul 2019 #8

I did not install Win 10 from the external drive. Ptah Jul 2019 #9

This might help pbmus Jul 2019 #15

How old is the laptop? Does it have a hard drive or a SSD? Quemado Jul 2019 #3

Must be a Dell in an HP body. Ptah Jul 2019 #4

Sinclair Lewis opened "Babbit" by describing how George Babbit awoke, listening to his neighbor. . . Journeyman Jul 2019 #7

Thanks. Ptah Jul 2019 #10

Try checking your drive for errors canetoad Jul 2019 #11

I'll try that if HP Recovery Manager finishes reinstalling Win 10 Ptah Jul 2019 #12

You have my consolations and we SHOULD meet for a beer (or girly drink). Kali Jul 2019 #13

The laptop is starting to look more and more like a nail. Ptah Jul 2019 #14

So sorry, Kali Jul 2019 #16