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Failing Hard Drive?

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shadow1988

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I bought a laptop for school/programming use back in September. I havent had any problems with it until this week. I keep getting a message for corrupt files. It says "the file or directory C:/Users/MyName/AppData/Roaming (and sometimes the extension)/windows is corrupt and unreadable . Please run ChkDsk utility. This goes for when i try to open Chrome, Itunes or anything.
When i try to run the chkdsk utility it tells me that I can't do it while the HDD is in use so i schedule it to start when the computer boots. I reboot the computer and the utility never runs.
Another thing. My background is now all black and i never changed it. When i try to use a saved picture as a background it says "This application has requested the RUntime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the apps support team for more information. I don't know if that is relevant to the problem but It could be so I'm asking.
Ive read a little about this on google and it was mentioned that this is often the symptoms of a failing HDD with vista. Does anyone have any suggestions or input for this problem. I've also got a 4 year warranty on the computer but I'd rather not go through that hassle unless absolutely necessary. Thanks for any input.

Another thing. I've tried to do a system restore to an earlier point but again it tells me that C: has errors. I must check the disk for errors before it can be restored. That takes me back to the ChkDsk problem. Any programs or applications to help me through this?

Laptop Specs.
HPDv7
4gb Ram
320gb hdd
2ghz C2d
9600gt
 
When something like that happened to me it turned out to be a bad stick of memory that was corrupting my system. I ran memtest and got about 11,000 errors in 20 minutes or something stupid like that. I could not do disk checks or even reinstalls. If the problems seems to get worse as time goes on then bad memory can do that - as more corruption sets in. Of course it can be something else causing prob but that was my issue. When I replaced memory all my drive issues/warnings went away.
 
tried the memtest. 292 percent covered and 0 errors. Looks like imma do a fresh install.
 
If you get the same problems after a reinstall than its safe to assume ur hd is going bad
 
Find out what brand your HD is, then download the diagnostic utility from that company and run it to check your drive. That should give you a pretty clear indication of whether the drive is bad or not.
 
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