Here's the exact wording: Windows detected a hard disk problem
Back up your files immediately to prevent information loss and then contact
Computer Manufacturer to determine if you need to repair or replace the disk
Start Back up process
Ask again Later
It has been doing this for about a month or more now.
I have not backed up the information on the disk yet.
Dear Sanjay, it is the problem reported when your hard disk is still working, but in bad health. It means that the some of the sectors are now "Bad Sectors". Any data that has been or would be written on this section may be lost.
There is no alternate to to repair this thing. I suggest you, to kindly replace the hard disk immediately, with the new one. You can use this hard disk (damaged one), as a portable hard drive with help of "case" available in markets, because it is still working.
You will also receive warning while installing windows operating system on this hard disk.
High temperature, Virus attack may be the possible cause.
You can search for "Hard Disk Sentinel". It is an excellent software, that will provide you with the current status of your hard disk in terms of error and other things. It will also inform you all the time with the current temperature of the hard disk. Just check it out.
you can also try repairing and checking the hard disk for errors. But I assure you, it will not be of any use.
All the best. Go ahead
Hi there,
I completely agree with Mr. Ahmad, the disk probably has "bad sectors" which mean you need a new one. It happened to me once, and all I did was use the windows backup tools (mainly CMD). It took like a day or so to backup all the data but when I checked the files later some were missing. I attributed the loss of data to the "bad sectors". I think what caused this was the disk being always at almost max capacity and that probably burned some sectors.
There are many programs that canhelp you with this and probably to secure some of those lost files. I never tried to retrieve my lost files, I just didn't have the time to do it.
Best regards,
Filipe Rodrigues
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