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Originally Posted by astroron
Hi computer files 
I have receive a message on my Computer that there is a fault on my hard drive and it could fail,Back all files.
(1) As it is only a *Three Month Old* computer does this come under Warranty. 
(2) Besides backing up my files what other options are open to me, 
(3 Is it fixable over the internet or is it a repair at the computer shop or will I have to get a new hard drive
I have never backed up anything before 
Will a DVD disc be OK and what happens after I have backed up my files will I have to uninstall everything
The computer came with no disc so is it a download from the internet
Cheers  |
That sounds more like a virus setting you up for some later skullduggery.
However I have had HDD's fail in the first few weeks. I buy from a cheap computer supplier and when the discs are unpacked it is surprising the number that have "repaired" on them so I suspect that there are many warranty failures.
If you have important work on a computer you should always have at least one backup on an external storage facility. External HDD's are cheap these days and comlete images can be stored very easily.
I just had a major computer failure (my main server). It took me nearly a week to get fully operational again because my OS image was not compatable with the new processor So I needed to re-install from the original disk and rebuild the OS partition but all the other data was recovered from backups.
From past experience I always put the operating system and programs that integrate with it on the smallest partition practical and all else on other partitions. It makes recovery much quicker and easier from a major failure.
barry