OK, Sorry if this is gonna be complicated. but......
So what happens next, is this scan gonna try to repair? or if it's showing too many unreadable segments, it's just a forgone conclusion that drive is shot?
whats the next step? I know you probably need to know results of scan.
1; Whats a good brand hard drive? reliability wise? Should I be thinking solid state? I'd probably have to go to a local big box store as I don't have time to order. like staples, best buy, etc.
2; How will I get the new drive up & running? Do I want to install it as a slave to assist in downloading the OS? then swap it as primary once up & running?
the pc I have now is a dell, I believe it has the reinstall file(?) on a separate partition? or do we assume thats gonna be unstable as well?
I do have a 2nd pc (i'm on now) in my shop,(to download & transfer files) but all the main accounting & scheduling programs and files are on the main pc that's having the problems.
thx,
I'll report back after this scan finishes, it up to 492xxx file record now, I have a 500g hard drive, so god knows how long its gonna take. and still going with that "is unreadable " continiuosly now