Bluffmaster
Skilled
Hi Guys,
I want to know if the symptoms my laptop is showing are indeed signs of hdd failure. So, I am running Windows 7 and I noticed the OS getting really slow. It started freezing frequently to the point that even opening a browser took a good 5 minutes. I was suspecting hdd faliure but thought maybe it could be a malware issue so I reformatted the the system. After formatting things got better and now I am able to open stuff fairly quickly but I can still feel that its slower than normal and it still freezes on occasions. Also, now I can feel the HDD spinning which was not the case earlier and also my laptop fan has started making a lot of noise. I figured maybe it was due to the temperature but even in an Air conditioned room, the fan makes lots of noise.
So, What should I do? Any software to check if my hdd is failing? or could it be some other hardware malfunction?
I want to know if the symptoms my laptop is showing are indeed signs of hdd failure. So, I am running Windows 7 and I noticed the OS getting really slow. It started freezing frequently to the point that even opening a browser took a good 5 minutes. I was suspecting hdd faliure but thought maybe it could be a malware issue so I reformatted the the system. After formatting things got better and now I am able to open stuff fairly quickly but I can still feel that its slower than normal and it still freezes on occasions. Also, now I can feel the HDD spinning which was not the case earlier and also my laptop fan has started making a lot of noise. I figured maybe it was due to the temperature but even in an Air conditioned room, the fan makes lots of noise.
So, What should I do? Any software to check if my hdd is failing? or could it be some other hardware malfunction?