Hi DL,
I agree with everyone else, you need your drive replaced so back up immediately!!! Do not waste a second! You can get a USB portable hard drive for a good price right now. I'm sure they are all on sale at your local Staple or Office Depot. I've had this happen on two laptops (personal and business). Good news, the lappy is only 9mos old so its still under warranty. Give whomever handles your warranty a call and open a claim. Backup before the call, if they are anything like Dell they are going to take you through idiotic steps before approving the service call. One of the steps could include a reinstall (wipe out drive completely by reinstalling operating system). Hopefully you have in-home service and they can get a tech out to your home or office to get you up and running! If not, figure at least a week for repair and express mail to\from the service depot.
Good luck!
I agree with everyone else, you need your drive replaced so back up immediately!!! Do not waste a second! You can get a USB portable hard drive for a good price right now. I'm sure they are all on sale at your local Staple or Office Depot. I've had this happen on two laptops (personal and business). Good news, the lappy is only 9mos old so its still under warranty. Give whomever handles your warranty a call and open a claim. Backup before the call, if they are anything like Dell they are going to take you through idiotic steps before approving the service call. One of the steps could include a reinstall (wipe out drive completely by reinstalling operating system). Hopefully you have in-home service and they can get a tech out to your home or office to get you up and running! If not, figure at least a week for repair and express mail to\from the service depot.
Good luck!
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