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Drive woes

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/drive-woes.182376/

aal-ok
aal-ok Original post #1
Mar 27, 2014 at 8:48 AM
I've got a lenovo g530 lpatop, I installed win 7 64bit on the system ,I tried to install avast and eset nod 32 ,but they wont install so I tried installing it in safe mode, avast installed but whenever I am trying to open it "Side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error occurs, so I tried installind c++ redistributable packages 2005,8,10 but none would install,also my pc takes about 15-25 mins before entering the logon screen, and whenever i try opening E drive the pc freezes, I have three drives C,D and E. please reply. It;s config are
3GB ram
250Gb wd hdd.
W
Mar 27, 2014 at 11:40 AM
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/storage/182231-why-wd-500gb-take-4-hours-install-win-7-a.html
if crystaldisk info shows good for your drive with no crc errors then it is a software/virus error else hardware issue.
aal-ok
aal-ok #3
Mar 29, 2014 at 4:59 PM
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/storage/182231-why-wd-500gb-take-4-hours-install-win-7-a.html
if crystaldisk info shows good for your drive with no crc errors then it is a software/virus error else hardware issue.

It is not running I tried both portable and setup even tried run as admin. When I checked processes in task mgr it was there usin only around 1900kb what to do now?
Flash
Flash #4
Mar 29, 2014 at 5:33 PM
Scan the laptop with malwarebytes, and see if it finds any malwares.
aal-ok
aal-ok #5
Mar 31, 2014 at 10:41 PM
I reinstalled windows and everything went back to normal but when I opened the crystalware it showed bad
W
Apr 1, 2014 at 8:29 AM
post screenshot of values here.use imgur or forum attachment.
aal-ok
aal-ok #7
Apr 1, 2014 at 10:40 PM
here crystal.jpg andcrystal2.jpg
rijinpk1
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:04 PM
your hdd is going to die. re-allocated sector count value is high and is the temperature. what is the value of the current pending sector count?? back up important data asap.
aal-ok
aal-ok #9
Apr 2, 2014 at 10:26 PM
your hdd is going to die. re-allocated sector count value is high and is the temperature. what is the value of the current pending sector count?? back up important data asap.
IT IS 200 is there any way to save it , what aabout hdd regenerator
Flash
Flash #10
Apr 2, 2014 at 11:34 PM
HDD Regen somewhat recovers the bad sectors, but it won't last long. :/