Long drive self test stuck at 90% overnight

JLBCustom · ‎04-25-2022

My laptop has been incredibly slow. Running through diagnostics snd everything good until I do the long drive self test. Still at 90% and I let it run overnight. Does this mean hard drive us failing? I don’t even know where to begin other than buying a new computer and hoping to transfer data. HELP Please!

Prométhée · ‎04-25-2022

Hello
it can be a material problem!
You can try several things in order to try to recover your data, I give some explanations here, but in French!

que faire en cas d' erreur / échec dst du disque dur - HP Support Community - 7338574

You can try a bootable cd / dvd type live cd (linux)

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-retrieve-windows-files-using-a-linux-live-cd/

you can try removing the hard drive, in order to connect it to another computer internally, or with a usb adapter!

https://www.muo.com/tag/connect-get-data-off-hard-drive/
If your disk is not completely out of order, this gives you a small chance

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