thanks Cyril, John. I'll try those suggestions, then call a tech if I'm still stumped Cheers, Ellen M. --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Cyril Halbach <cyril.kr3y@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Cyril Halbach <cyril.kr3y@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Is my HDD dying? To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 9:29 PM You did not say if you had done sfc /scannow or possibly chkdsk /r to determine if there is a Hard drive error. Cy On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Ellen M <ejmay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a Compaq laptop since Jan 2008. Presario F756NR. 1.90 gigahertz AMD > Turion 64 X2 > 160.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity (Belarc says my drive's SMART > status is healthy) > I'm thinking my HDD is dying on me. >