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Dell Alienware Area-51 Hard Drive
Due to the delicate nature of a hard drive, they will fail you whenever they want for a wide variety of reasons. Hard drives are made in different physical sizes and brands. Your computer has a hard drive that contains the operating system and all other info that the computer needs. Swapping hard drives can be a simple job if you know what you are doing, of course! The hard drive type to buy really depends on the Dell desktop. The storage size of the hard drive is all a personal choice as just about any computer will be able to handle any capacity size.
Symptoms that your hard disk drive is on its last leg
- The Dell desktop may shut down at random times while using it
- With older hard drives you can hear a ticking sound coming from within the computer
- It may take forever to load and may not ever fully boot
- Your Dell shuts down when accessing certain programs
- Your system stops or acts crazy off and on through the day
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