Disk Problem System Disk Device Harddisk0

Question

The computer would not restart after being shut down.  I'm dumber than a door nail when it comes to technical problems; however, I managed somehow to take the computer back to the supposed state when it was purchased.  Successfully installed Security Essentials, but shign keeps popping up about the bad hard disk.  Is a hard disk something I can get on line, or do I need the computer repaired?  Computer is four or five year old HP, and I'm still using Windows 7.

Answer 1

System Disk\Device\Harddisk0

Windows directory = C\windows

Auto Chk Run = 0

error at (0x80070079)

Answer 2

You need to check your disk for errors - see here.

Answer 3

You need to check your disk for errors - see here.

Answer 4

Thank you for your help.  No further help is needed.  I decided to do a Bing search for ST3500314AS.  Surprise!  I found a link to your answer from January 2016.  You said the computer needed to be serviced.  I said that I'd wait.  Looks like the time has come.  I'm going to mark this question as "Solved my problem." 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-performance/windows-7-hard-disk-failure/dd4230a9-da09-4da4-9701-285e708cfa9b

Answer 5

Successfully installed Security Essentials, but shign keeps popping up about the bad hard disk.  Is a hard disk something I can get on line, or do I need the computer repaired?  

Sorry, can't tell without knowing the exact wording of the error message.