Slow setup
Slow setup
During each phase of setting up windows, it usually requires around 20 minutes. I don't understand why this is happening. Could be related to the hdd or laptop model—specifically an Acer Aspire E 11, which is an older device. Note: a few days ago it restarted unexpectedly and loading showed a disk error message about checking drive /E: while installing Windows with a pendrive in Legacy mode.
From your message and the error you're seeing, it seems like the drive might be malfunctioning.
I'm considering this too. I believe a hard drive replacement might be necessary. Thanks for your feedback. Looking forward to more input.
I might use a bootable tool such as WD Lifeguard or DBAN to fully erase the drive before considering it unusable, since there could be just a few faulty partitions among many.