Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work long enough to pull the critical data. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
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Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for 10-15 minutes, the drive is failing or has failed bad enough it’s half dead and you can at least retrieve the critical data. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. As far as what to get, [product|IF107-142-3|SSDs] are becoming so cheap unless all you can afford is a spinning drive, don’t bother with anything less then an SSD.
Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the Aspire E15 SKUs include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [guide|51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
For the replacement of the hard drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].
Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work long enough to pull the critical data. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. As far as what to get, [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/500-GB-SSD/IF107-142?o=3|SSDs] are becoming so cheap unless all you can afford is a spinning drive, don’t bother with anything less then an SSD.
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. As far as what to get, [product|IF107-142-3|SSDs] are becoming so cheap unless all you can afford is a spinning drive, don’t bother with anything less then an SSD.
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Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the cheap Aspire E15 models include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [guide|51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
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Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the Aspire E15 SKUs include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [guide|51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
For the replacement of the hard drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].
Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work long enough to pull the critical data. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the cheap Aspire E15 models include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/USB+Installation+Media+Creation/51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. As far as what to get, [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/500-GB-SSD/IF107-142?o=3|SSDs] are becoming so cheap unless all you can afford is a spinning drive, don’t bother with anything less then an SSD.
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Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the cheap Aspire E15 models include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [guide|51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
For the replacement of the hard drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].
Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for more then I’d say 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
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Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work long enough to pull the critical data. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist and then reload the operating system - we don’t know if you have Windows 8 or 10,so unless you can clarify you’re on your own installing the operating system.
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What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist. Once you’ve repalced the drive, you’ll need to reinstall Windows - use the [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO|Win8.1 Media Creation Tool] to get an image. While you can potentially use a DVD, many of the cheap Aspire E15 models include a dummy drive, so I am going to assume you may have one of those. You can either create a [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/USB+Installation+Media+Creation/51255|bootable USB drive] or get an external DVD drive and write the image to a disc, providing your laptop doesn’t have one.
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For the drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].
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For the replacement of the hard drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].
Usually when it sticks on the repair screen for more then I’d say 10-15 minutes, the drive is usually failing or has failed beyond function, but may still work. '''STOP USING THE LAPTOP AND PUT YOUR DATA ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE IF IT STILL WORKS!'''
What you really need to do now is buy a new drive locally if possible since it’s usually time sensitive once you see long running automatic repairs that persist and then reload the operating system - we don’t know if you have Windows 8 or 10, so unless you can clarify you’re on your own installing the operating system.
For the drive, refer to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWqtUkJhro|this video].