Last time we covered how long do hard drives last and backing up your data. However, it would be convenient to know before hand if a hard drive is going to fail. That way, you can back up your data more often than usual or simply replace your hard drive and not have to be stressed that your hard drive might fail on you at anytime. Luckily, there is a tool in Windows that can perform a check on your hard drive and make a prediction whether your hard drive might fail due to problems that it detects. And this tool is called the Performance Monitor . Note that this article only covers Windows. How to Check Your Hard Drive with Performance Monitor Starting System Diagnostics In Start Menu , search for performance monitor and open the app. In the Performance Monitor app, go to Data Collector Sets > System , then right click on System Diagnostics , then click Start . Viewing System Diagnostics Report Now go to Reports > System > System Diagnostics , an
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