Hard Drive Failure OR something else?

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Hard Drive Failure OR something else?

2005 Shuttle XPC w/ XP Pro/SP3 (Fresh install), 1TB Segate SATA HD

XP says HD is OK, Defraggler says otherwise.

Check Disk runs OK
Flag bad Sectors get stuck on 39%.

Sometimes reboot results in black screen and a message that reads Boot failure...


 
Solution
Sounds like disk failure. You can also check with Seagate Seatools or Crystal Disk Info, and there are other free programs which can also check the S.M.A.R.T. status.