Failing hard drive

Hi. I have now this:

which is bad.. so I backed up files, make an Windows 10 install media, add WinPE to it in case something happened, and I will get an new drive as soon as possible.

Any ideas how to get an SSD for cheap? I'm not cheaping SSDs in performance/health, but If possible.

Just a couple of thoughts:
a. you can monitor drives for degradation and get an alert for free- hopefully before catastrophic failure. E.g. Crystal Diskinfo free - and HD Sentinel too.
b. If you routinely use disk imaging, then the act of creating a disk image checks the integrity of the data being imaged. If corruption is found, image creation will fail.

That's how I found one drive was beginning to fail, confirmed using HD Sentinel.

Matthew Wai said:

Get it from my nation, which gives good value.

I now know, but is there an reputable maker out there? I don't know what is that and I don't buy cheap no-name brands.

Hello @jbcarreon123,

jbcarreon123 said:

. . . I backed up files, make an Windows 10 install media, add WinPE to it in case something happened . . .

I do NOT quite understand what you mean?

Paul Black said:

Hello @jbcarreon123,




I do NOT quite understand what you mean?

I have a Ventoy USB on hand, and added WinPE to it.

jbcarreon123 said:

I have a Ventoy USB on hand, and added WinPE to it.

Thanks @jbcarreon123. It is the same as what I do and use.