So, I let the rebuild go for 48 hours, knowing it takes a while. After that, hadn't shown any progress, so I hit the power button, waited a bit, and restarted. Within 20 minutes I was back where I...

Geez, I hope I don't have to do a clean install. I have so much on here and haven't done a backup in a while.

Possibly odd question - how does one tell if the hard drive is active or hung if one's Lenovo laptop does not feature a light to indicate activity?

i attempted today to upgrade from Windows 8 to...