UPDATE: Just gonna get a new HD. Thx all! n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

Running Windows 7 and getting hard disk failure message.

Updates were just automatically downloaded late Tuesday night (I thought I had that disabled) and since then I'm getting a Windows Detects hard disk error (or something like that) message. I've restarted a few times and it always pops up.

Everything is backed up. I ran both scandisk and chkdsk and no errors turned up. Other than the error message, the computer is functioning just fine.

Any suggestions?

[5X]

1. If it is saying that at boot, it is a sure bet it is a bad hard drive. n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

4. OK, thanks. n/t

[drray23]

2. I thought xp was no longer supported??

[OneGrassRoot]

7. You're right -- turns out it's Windows 7. lol sorry n/t

[drray23]

3. If you have backups, I would suggest you get a new harddrive

and install a newer version of windows before restoring your data. XP is no longer supported and you will run into troubles. I looked it up. End of life was April 2014 so microsoft is no longer pushing security updates to it.

[ramblin_dave]

5. Does your error message look like this?

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Yes! n/t

[ramblin_dave]

8. Since you are saying above that this is Windows 7 then this might work...

You already tried the chkdsk (2nd solution), so maybe sfc (1st solution) is worth a try...

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-windows-detected-hard-disk-problem/

To check your hard drive for problems, try the free HD Sentinel program at...

https://www.hdsentinel.com/

It's actually trial-ware but will continue to work after the trial with just a nag screen.

[OneGrassRoot]

9. I did first thing, sfc. TY you very much! n/t