Windows 8.1 Automatic Repair Loop / Hard Drive is broken

Gravez98

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Hello Everyone! I have a serious problem which is urgent! Okay so I'm using my PC regularly and go to turn it off and go to bed. Next morning I turn it on and "Automatic Repair" "Diagnosing Your PC". Okay so I get stuck in a loop and when I try to click a restore point I get the error: "The Instruction at 0x808652a0 referenced memory at 0x0000008 the memory could not read" (Please note that this isn't the only problem. I often get told that the Hard Drive is lock when I know it isn't) So then I try to refresh it. Again same happens. So there isn't much I can do at this stage. I have to then insert the Windows 8.1 Disc and re-install it and my drivers. This has happened to me 10 times now. First it was 2 months ago. Then a month ago. Then 2 weeks ago. Not 4 times in 2 weeks. Obviously something isn't right. One time Windows Update crashed and that caused it. Another time it was because my PC froze for 10 minutes so I clicked the POWER button. Another I reset it and the others were just random.

I have had my PC since April 2014 and the incident first happened early October.

One thing to note is that during September (Before the first incident) my PC was constantly freezing. Like the Hard Drive's usage was at 100% when there was no heavy usage happening (0.1 M/bs.) Anyway this happened every 10 minutes which made me wonder if it was linked with my current issue?

My personal suspicion in the Hard Drive. However after 6 months can my Hard Drive die? Also one more question is because of all of this I have used my Windows 8.1 Disc 10 times! I was wondering that will it stop working or get worn out after lots of usages.

Thank you all for your time to read this HUGE paragraph. I hope you guys will know knowledge about this stuff. Any answer, questions or anything would be deeply appreciated!
 
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Yes, your hard drive could fail try to read up on smart data with crystalmark, you should backup data. Test your ram with memtest86.

Try to fix HDD with this command --> chkdsk /f .

Most of the HDD manufacturers have their own diagnostic tools. So, it may be a good idea to check what is your HDD brand and use a brand specific testing tool.

patrickIT

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Yes, your hard drive could fail try to read up on smart data with crystalmark, you should backup data. Test your ram with memtest86.

Try to fix HDD with this command --> chkdsk /f .

Most of the HDD manufacturers have their own diagnostic tools. So, it may be a good idea to check what is your HDD brand and use a brand specific testing tool.
 
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