Can a HDD cause my PC to stutter and lag?

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HI , I've had some problems recently with my HDD . It clicks alot , and is over heating . I tryed to do some defragmentation and letting Windows try to repair it . That stopped the clicking but now my pc stutters all the time(even with no apps opened). When it stutters Task Manager shows no load on the CPU or large RAM usage. The HDD changes loads all the time from 0% to 100% . Before it just stayed at 100% and everything was fine.

Specs:
Windows 10 64-bit Pro
8 GB HyperX RAM
i5-3570 3,40GHz
Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB 256 Bit
Hitachi 320 GB HDD


I've ran every virus scan that i could find , and when it found a virus nothing changed. Restarting doesn't fix the problem.I've tryed starting up in Safe Mode but it still stutters , I've tried starting up withmy onboard graphics and it's still there.All my drivers are up to date .


I'm planning on buying a SSD but i need to know if the problem is in he HDD. Please help . Thank you !
 
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Well you don't 'fix' mechanical problems with software, it is still there. Has the overall size of the drive decreased lately? Usually a sign that it is truncating known non-working parts. If the read/write heads stop visiting the areas where there is a problem, noises can go away, likely only temporarily. Usually soft clicking (not the normal noise of a read/write motor moving rapidly back and forth) is a bearing spindle or read/write head/arm bearing issue. Hard clicking or screeching, especially on first start, are head crashes.
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Check the SMART logs on the drive with a tool like this: http://partedmagic.com/

Random I/O errors can cause the re-reading of data over and over which can cause excessive lag or freezes.

At the first sign of hard drive trouble, get a new drive. A 500GB or 1TB drive should be under $50. You can use a tool like Clonezilla to get as much data as possible and maybe save the OS.
 
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Every diagnostics software I used said that its ok , they said that about my last HDD that failed on me 2 days later so im taking it with a grane of salt .

 
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I know , but it just stopped . I was wondering if the fixing of that problem could have caused another one.

 
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Well you don't 'fix' mechanical problems with software, it is still there. Has the overall size of the drive decreased lately? Usually a sign that it is truncating known non-working parts. If the read/write heads stop visiting the areas where there is a problem, noises can go away, likely only temporarily. Usually soft clicking (not the normal noise of a read/write motor moving rapidly back and forth) is a bearing spindle or read/write head/arm bearing issue. Hard clicking or screeching, especially on first start, are head crashes.
 
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