[SOLVED] On the subject of hard drive failure, is there a way to fix / extend its life?

[ChillAxis]

so a bit ago I dropped my laptop by mistake and since then by laptop has acquired a couple "quirks". For one, the laptop draws too much power from the battery, but the more important question is that the laptop now vibrates violently, and has said the hard drive failed twice, but with a swift reboot goes back to normal. any fixes?

 

[CountMike]

so a bit ago I dropped my laptop by mistake and since then by laptop has acquired a couple "quirks". For one, the laptop draws too much power from the battery, but the more important question is that the laptop now vibrates violently, and has said the hard drive failed twice, but with a swift reboot goes back to normal. any fixes?

Use https://www.hdsentinel.com/download.php and let it check disk health.

 

[ChillAxis]

i already used hdd scan and the results were as follows

https://imgur.com/a/IWPrhum

View: https://imgur.com/a/IWPrhum
. im not sure what this means and have already tried looking into it myself to no avail

 

[ChillAxis]

Use https://www.hdsentinel.com/download.php and let it check disk health.

could it be a connection problem?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

i already used hdd scan and the results were as follows

https://imgur.com/a/IWPrhum

View: https://imgur.com/a/IWPrhum
. im not sure what this means and have already tried looking into it myself to no avail

The drive was damaged by the drop as evidenced by the two flagged (yellow triangle) values. Back up all data and replace the drive. And before you ask, no, you cannot do anything to repair this drive.

 

[ChillAxis]

That's what I thought, but I wanted to get some kind of confirmation before I did anything rash