I've got an Acer Aspire 3 laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 7520u processor and Windows 11, which I bought around 2022. Everything was running smoothly until about three weeks ago when I received a notification about a storage issue. It said:
'Warning: reliability is degraded
Back up your data in case of drive failure
Estimated remaining life: 5%
Available spare: 100%'
This has got me really worried. I did some research online and followed a few tutorials, but I'm still pretty confused about what to do next. Most importantly, I don't want to replace my laptop just yet, even though that might be necessary. Oh, and my laptop experienced a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) recently—I'm not sure if that's connected to the storage issue or not.
4 Answers
Make sure to save your documents and photos, and then you'll likely need to change out the hard drive. It's an important step if you're seeing those warnings.
It sounds like your hard drive is on its last legs, unfortunately. First things first, you really need to back up your data ASAP! Use an external drive to copy over important files and documents. If your laptop has a traditional HDD, consider replacing it with a Solid State Drive (SSD) for better performance and reliability. Just make sure your data is safe before proceeding with any hardware changes!
Definitely back up your files to an external drive as soon as possible. Once you have everything backed up, it’s time to replace that hard drive. An SSD will make a huge difference in speed and overall performance!
Yeah, backing up your stuff is crucial right now! Download everything you can to an external drive, and after that, looking into a new hard drive is the best option.
If I back up my data, how do I restore it later?