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Midnightwalk

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3. Two disk failures in two weeks

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 02:56 PM

Aug 2019

It can happen but it could be something environmental.

Spinning disk drives don’t like mechanical shock or temperature extremes. Even when powered off but that’s more forgiving. I don’t think they are more sensitive to electric shock than other components but im not sure.

Other harsh conditions or contaminants could be a factor.

Or you might have ticked off some tech support person and they smote your hardware with their god like powers (yeah right).

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Any have experience with "unmountable boot volume"? [View all] elocs Aug 2019 OP

Replace failed hard drives with SSD in the laptops and Linux distro load them? Brainfodder Aug 2019 #1

The cost is not worth it for 2 old and inexpensive laptops. elocs Aug 2019 #2

Two disk failures in two weeks Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #3

I used these laptops like a desktop computer in my living room elocs Aug 2019 #4

if you have full backups, replacing a laptop drive yourself is a matter of a handful of screws mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #5

I want nothing more to do with Windows, ever if I can help it. n/t elocs Aug 2019 #6

might be able to fix it CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #7

Thanks for the advice but I want nothing more to do with Windows. elocs Aug 2019 #8

Bye bye windows :) CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #9

I will have very little on the cloud. elocs Aug 2019 #10