I then tried running chkdsk c: /r but it wanted to schedule it for doing at Boot up which I agreed to.
It does this on boot drives but not secondary drives (or partitions) because when an operating system boots, there are many open and temporary files on the boot drive that cannot be moved. This is exactly why it is scheduled to run at boot so it happens before those files are opened and temp files are created.
However, to be honest I terminated it when I realized it was doing the Scan dialogue which I do not like, not because it is not working OK, but because I cannot see what is going on
That's too bad. Would you really understand what was happening if there was a fancy GUI to look at? Highly unlikely. You could not see what was happening because that would require an operating system and the GUI program to be running - defeating the purpose for running at boot in the first place. I am not necessarily a spiritual person, and as an electronics technician, I want to know exactly what is happening with my hardware too. But there are many things involving electronics in general, computers specifically that we must take a leap of faith and trust what we can't see is still a good thing. Letting chkdsk do its thing is one of them.
If nothing else, visit your drive maker's website and download and run their drive diagnostics program. Or, since hard drives comply with industry standards and are not proprietary, you can just use Seagate's
SeaTools. It works on all brands.
Seasonic is certainly a reputable brand, but until Man can create perfection 100% of the time, there will always be units that fail prematurely. And course, failure could have been due to mishandling during shipping too.
As for the UPS, glad to hear you use them. I prefer APC but have used Tripp-Lite and CyberPower too. I live in
Tornado Alley and while total power outages are not that common, they do happen. And when we do have an outage, it is not uncommon for it to take 3, 4 or more hours before it is restored. The worse, after a bad ice storm, was 5 days. Sadly, it is not uncommon for a squirrel to forget to let go of one wire before grabbing the other - the resulting explosion (it is REALLY loud) blows the transformer fuse. Those "crispy critter" events typically take about an hour for the fuse to be replaced and power restored.
But mostly our problem (especially in my older neighborhood) is unstable power during bad weather and it is the AVR (automatic voltage regulation) of a "good" UPS with AVR that really makes a UPS shine, and necessary.
So I have a UPS on all my computers, the home theater/big screen TV equipment, garage door opener, and even one on the electric blanket! :grin1: As for yours giving problems shortly after the warranty expired, do note UPS batteries need to be replaced every 3 or 4 years. Weak batteries (especially one that has developed an internal short) can result in some pretty odd UPS behavior. For most UPSs, replacing the batteries is an easy user task. But note I NEVER buy replacement batteries from the UPS maker. They are always way overpriced. I shop around at the various on-line battery sites to find the best price (factoring in shipping too).