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"Dying" HDD

Anonymous
2020-11-25T02:24:06+00:00

So, I have been getting this error (at bottom)

and whenever I boot, I get this error and a beep.

I checked with multiple HDD Status programs but they all say just like 5 corrupted/bad sectors but I don't know if that's actually that bad, but when I boot into Windows, and I check the status of the HDD using the stock status thing, it says it's good. I am using a HP Compaq Pro 6300 MT, if that helps.

 But I don't want to change my disk yet, because it's fine with reading, writing, deleting and copying files. And I've also tried that DPS Self Test in the BIOS but it returns with bad stuff on disk or something. 

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-11-27T00:29:45+00:00

    Hi,

    I'm Independent Advisor not Microsoft employee or support person. I have deep enough Windows knowledge and you may trust me. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you.

    Please show the entire window of CrystalDiskInfo tool or at least say 05, C5, and C7 attributes value.

    Sometimes small and not increasing numbers may allow you to use the drive for some time.

    Chkdsk /r may worsen dusk state it there are some internal magnetic surface damage.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-25T03:27:08+00:00

    Will do.

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  3. Brian Tillman 25,555 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-11-25T02:57:39+00:00

    Tell us how it turns out.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-25T02:37:12+00:00

    Ok, thanks for the reply and I will try chkdsk.

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  5. Brian Tillman 25,555 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-11-25T02:31:04+00:00

    Hi. I'm Brian, an Independent Advisor.

    Clearly your drive is not "fine". In my opinion, if the SMART messages from your drive are indicating imminent failure, you're playing Russian roulette with your data. Even if you decide to not replace the drive, at least make an image backup of it to a separate drive and run chkdsk /r on the suspect drive.

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