Okay, so the issue seems to have found with your expertise and help. The Seagate tools for windows definitely indicates a failing hard drive as both the short and long tests result in failure. And running the Seagate tools in DOS mode freezes. What's interesting is that CrystalDiskInfo shows everything to be healthy and good. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------CrystalDiskInfo 6.5.2 © 2008-2015 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OS : Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64) Date : 2015/08/21 18:35:44 -- Controller Map ---------------------------------------------------------- + Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [ATA] - SAMSUNG MZMPC032HBCD-000 - ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB - MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ260 -- Disk List --------------------------------------------------------------- (1) SAMSUNG MZMPC032HBCD-000L1 : 782.1 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - sg (2) ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB : 4294967.2 GB [1/0/1, pd1] - st ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) SAMSUNG MZMPC032HBCD-000L1---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : SAMSUNG MZMPC032HBCD-000L1 Firmware : CXM12L1Q Serial Number : S0Y2NEAC517595 Disk Size : 782.1 GB (8.4/32.0/32.0/782.1) Buffer Size : Unknown Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 62533296 Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD) Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ATA8-ACS Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4c Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600 Power On Hours : 8055 hours Power On Count : 2372 countWear Level Count : 249 Temperature : 37 C (98 F) Health Status : Good (91 %) Features : S.M.A.R.T., 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM APM Level : ---- AAM Level : ---- -- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name09 _98 _98 __0 000000001F77 Power-on Hours0C _97 _97 __0 000000000944 Power-on CountAF 100 100 _10 000000000000 Program Fail Count (Chip)B0 100 100 _10 000000000000 Erase Fail Count (Chip)B1 _93 _93 _17 0000000000F9 Wear Leveling CountB2 _90 _90 _10 000000000026 Used Reserved Block Count (Chip)B3 _91 _91 _10 000000000042 Used Reserved Block Count (Total)B4 _91 _91 _10 0000000002EE Unused Reserved Block Count (Total)B5 100 100 _10 000000000000 Program Fail Count (Total)B6 100 100 _10 000000000000 Erase Fail Count (Total)B7 100 100 _10 000000000000 Runtime Bad Block (Total)B8 100 100 _97 000000000000 Vendor SpecificBB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Error CountBE _63 _35 __0 000000000025 Airflow TemperatureC3 200 200 __0 000000000000 ECC Error RateC6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Off-Line Uncorrectable Error CountC7 253 253 __0 000000000000 CRC Error CountE9 198 198 __0 000000000177 Vendor SpecificEA 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor SpecificEB _99 _99 __0 000000000037 POR Recovery CountEC _99 _99 __0 0000000000A5 Vendor SpecificED _99 _99 __0 0000000000F9 Vendor SpecificEE _99 _99 __0 000000000042 Vendor Specific -- IDENTIFY_DEVICE --------------------------------------------------------- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9000: 0000 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000010: 5330 5932 4E45 4143 3531 3735 3935 2020 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00 00 00 00 00 00 001F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 -- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ---------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F000: 01 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 AF 0A 00 00 00 00020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00030: 00 00 B1 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B2 0A040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B3 0A 00 00 00 00050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B4 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00060: 00 00 B5 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B6 0A070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B7 0A 00 00 00 00080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00090: 00 00 BB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 000A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 00 00 00 00 000B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 000C0: 00 00 C7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E9 000D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EA 00 00 00 00 000E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 EB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 000F0: 00 00 EC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ED 00100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EE 00 00 00 00 00110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB Firmware : 2AR10001 Serial Number : S2USJ9EC509669 Disk Size : 4294967.2 GB (8.4/137.4/750.1/4294967.2) Buffer Size : 8192 KB Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 1465149168 Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ATA8-ACS Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 6 Transfer Mode : SATA/300 | SATA/300 Power On Hours : 7993 hours Power On Count : 2373 count Temperature : 37 C (98 F) Health Status : Good Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ APM Level : 0080h [ON] AAM Level : ---- -- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name01 100 100 _51 000000000000 Read Error Rate02 252 252 __0 000000000000 Throughput Performance03 _89 _89 _25 000000000D85 Spin-Up Time04 _98 _98 __0 000000000940 Start/Stop Count05 252 252 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count07 252 252 _51 000000000000 Seek 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00 00 00 E1 00100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 001F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B Regardless, I will replace the hard drive. Thanks for your help.