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    Hard Drive Failure Message in Windows 7

    Windows S.M.A.R.T. message saying hard drive failure. ran test, hard drive passed. [Diagnostic Results] HARDDISK DRIVE TEST (C:\) DONE PASS Now what? I ran Toshiba diagnostic and listed results. It said hard drive passed. I ran malwarebyes and it fixed some issues but I was still getting...
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    comprehensive SMART diagnostic.

    Ran Had diagnostic from manufacturer, shows hard drive passed. I bought new internal hard drive and backed up computer. I was told virus or malware could cause this, but I ran Kaspersky and malwarebytes with no alerts. Should I just go ahead and change drive?
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    comprehensive SMART diagnostic.

    How to do SMART diagnostic after Window 7 says hard drive failure. Ran chkdsk and no bad sectors, used Toshiba diagnostic and hard drive passed. Still get windows hard drive failure, backed up pc. is there a malware software to run to check for malware as the cause?Log Name: Application...