Has my HDD failed?

[hsong97]

Last Saturday, my pc was very laggy then suddenly it gave me a BSOD which then followed up by "disc read error press alt ctrl and del". After I did some research, it says that my HDD might be spoiled but when I did a check disc ,I didn't encounter any problem and SMART did not show any error too, then the following days,my pc was still very laggy

After a few days,I can't boot into windows and even system repair center can't fix it too.
So is my HDD spoiled?

 

[rforce]

It certainly sounds like your hard drive may be failing. In the future, you should avoid running chkdsk on a drive that isn't fully backed up. I wrote a blog on my company website explaining why (http://www.recoveryforce.com/is-it-safe-to-run-chkdsk/).

But, as to how to handle your current situation. It would be wise to start by getting a full sector-by-sector clone of your drive. I recommend using a linux program called ddrescue. There is a good guide on how to do this posted on another forum (https://www.data-medics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=133). By getting a clone of the drive, you accomplish a few things such as backing up your data, testing every sector for read errors and providing a stable environment on which you can try to recover and/or fix your files.

As always, if your data is important to you and you are unsure of what you are doing, I recommend having your drive assessed by a data recovery professional before any further damage is caused.

 

[JaredDM]

Yes, I fully agree with what rforce says. Chkdisk can often finish off a dying hard disk. You may still be able to clone with ddrescue as mentioned in the tutorial that rforce posted.