Hard drives are increasingly likely to fail after five years of use. However, the poor performance is critical and I am worried the hard drive will die and I’ll lose everything.īut, after more than six years of service, am I throwing good money after bad? Is there a replacement that would provide a good all-round upgrade for a similar cost (although I’d spend a bit more on a new one)? It doesn’t have to be an all-in-one: I have looked at micro-PCs and laptops. I like the style of this machine, and discarding it would be a waste if it still worked fine. According to them, this should give it an extra year or two of life.

(It also does photo and video storage, accounts and school work.)Ī local computer business will upgrade the hard drive to an SSD, and clone it so I don’t have to reinstall everything, for about £300. It takes so long to boot up and run Google Chrome, Microsoft Office and Apple iTunes that it’s almost useless. I have a Dell an all-in-one desktop PC from 2012.