Couple of weeks ago my laptop started running slow, freezing , hanging etc. Someitmes it was fine (enough to let me fully back up the 600GB of files but other times just cant get it going for any length of time ( Ihave tried and failed doing a full Windows defender virus scan )
The Lenovo comes with Lenovo Solution centre and using that to scan, it is telling me of issues with the HDD, namely
Targeted Read Test & SMART short self test have failed.
Some googling suggests that this might be terminal - anyone experienced it before, know any fixes etc?
Also if it is terminal, is it possible / worthwhile to replace a HDD on a Lenovo laptop (I think ideally I would want a SSD as they seem to be better?) and if so how easy is it to do? Laptop has:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
6GB RAM
HDD is I think 750GB
And pretty sure this came with Windows, and at some point has updated to Win 10 so how would I reinstall Windows as I have no disks / keys etc?
Finally, I can't remember when I actually got this laptop - is there an easy way to tell?
Any assistance would be appreciated
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