Is this bad? 1464 pending sectors on my HD but 0 reallocated

I'd run a "chkdsk /f /r /x /b" (on the correct drive, not C:\ for sure). and see if it goes better. then rerun all tests.

Code:

C:\>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] [/B]

  volume          Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
                  mount point, or volume name.
  filename        FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
  /F              Fixes errors on the disk.
  /V              On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
                  on the disk.
                  On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
  /R              Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
                  (implies /F).
  /L:size         NTFS only:  Changes the log file size to the specified number
                  of kilobytes.  If size is not specified, displays current
                  size.
  /X              Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
                  All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
                  (implies /F).
  /I              NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
  /C              NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
                  structure.
  /B              NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume
                  (implies /R)

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

lotsofjam,
This is WIN 7 and not XP are still older.

In that time, chkdsk has evolved.

The only meaningful format for you is:

CHKDSK X: /R
where X is one of your drive letters.

Run chkdsk x: /r
over EACH of your drives.

When finished let me know as I've a script that will let us view the results.

WIN 7 put the chkdsk results into the EventLogs and the script extracts the eventlog entries that we need.

If at anytime a chkdsk fails, then run chkdsk again. Run up to 3 times of a drive that fails.