That’s because those messages indicate your hard disk is failing.

When receiving some error warnings, such as 'SMART failure predicted on hard disk', 'Hard disk failure is imminent', and 'Windows detected a hard disk problem', you need to create a system image or disk image at once. If the hard drive and SSD can be connected to your computer simultaneously, you can migrate OS from HDD to SSD by system clone (in AOMEI Backupper Professional), saving much time and effort.

You can create a system image, swap the hard drive out for SSD and restore system image to SSD. ▶ You want to replace your slower mechanical hard drive with a speedy SSD. Once something bad happens later, you will be able to bring the computer to its original state. This is probably the best time point for system image, because everything is clean and your computer runs smoothly. ▶ Create an initial backup after getting a new computer or clean install OS and commonly used programs. When should I create a system image backup?Ī system image is very useful for OS development, hard drive upgrade, performance optimization, etc, so it is necessary to create a system image backup in Windows 11/10/8/7. This is the greatest advantage of the system image. In addition, you still can create a system image in Windows 10 or 11 for another computer and ensure your computer is bootable after restoration. Thus, you don't need to reinstall Windows and programs or lose any data. Then, you can restore your computer to an earlier date quickly even when it fails to boot, bring everything back and use it as normal. A Windows system image is an exact copy of the system partition or entire hard drive (with Windows installed), including operating system(OS), System Reserved Partition/EFI System Partition (ESP), recovery partition, boot sectors, custom settings, and all programs installed & files saved on those partitions.

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