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JHop19

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EDIT: I just completed the Error Scan and it shows 4 damaged blocks (0.2%).
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I had been having a lot of "not responding" issues happen on my Lenovo y410p. After researching countless hours and implementing many of the things people suggested, it still was not working much better. My last resort was the reset. After doing this things were fine, I restored my backup from my external Seagate.

A day goes by after the reset and it is back to not responding. I was able to get HD Tune to run however and it returned this:
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http://imgur.com/YUgclma

I tried running it a few more times but the program would stop responding at the end:
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http://imgur.com/tiE0bYB

So I reset my computer again. Fresh installation of windows 10, no personal files or programs exist on it now, and I ran HD Tune:
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http://imgur.com/m49u9hh

It would not get past this point. It said "Error! Aborting process" or something like that. It also occasionally comes up with "not responding."

I am running an error scan on it now to see if there are any damaged blocks. If anyone has knowledge about HD Tune and faulty hard drives please let me know!

Lenovo y410p
Windows 10
1tb HDD
3 years old
i7 Q
8gb RAM
Nvidia geforce (740M?)
 
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drtweak
From the pick i looks like it is not reallocated sector counts but actual bad sectors. Most basic and free cloning software can not clone drives with bad sectors. You can try but it will probably fail. Using software like R-Studio, which is more of a recovery software, can clone drives with bad sectors.
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Hey there, @JHop19!

This sounds pretty unfortunate then. :( I'd strongly recommend backing up anything that you haven't already from that HDD as soon as possible. I'm afraid that it could be failing. If the laptop is not covered by the warranty anymore, you could also try taking the HDD out and plug it in another computer to run some tests again. Maybe swapping the connection will show a different result. I'd also strongly recommend using the HDD manufacturer's brand-specific diagnostic utility and see if that will help you check the SMART status (this is what the health tab is supposed to display). If the tests fail at any point, I'd advise you to replace this hard drive immediately. I'd definitely not trust with any important content.

Let us know how it goes.
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Hey thanks everyone for the responses. I tried crystaldiskinfo and was able to go my readout for SMART. It shows my health status as Caution, so I think it is safe to say now that my HDD is dying. I'm going to buy a solid state drive and that should solve my problems.

One more quick question, if I clone everything from my current faulty drive on the solid state, will that screw anything up on the ssd?
 
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From the pick i looks like it is not reallocated sector counts but actual bad sectors. Most basic and free cloning software can not clone drives with bad sectors. You can try but it will probably fail. Using software like R-Studio, which is more of a recovery software, can clone drives with bad sectors.
 
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JHop19

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Gotcha, thank you
 
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SuperSoph_WD

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Just like @drtweak mentioned, you could try cloning your failed HDD onto the newly acquired SSD, however, it's not really recommended. If the bad sectors contain important system files, you could end up having a lot of booting issues and not really have the blazing experience that comes with solid state drives.
If there's important data on the HDD currently, back it up somewhere off-site! After getting the new drive, unplug the HDD, install the SSD and consider performing a Clean Install of Windows. Since it was already installed and it's tied to the motherboard of your computer, you shouldn't face any issues with the OS activation code/product key. Afterwards, you could simply transfer the backed up files from the off-site storage. The fresh install also avoids transferring any redundant files from your previous OS install, which is another option you should also consider.

Best of luck! :)
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