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If it was OEM the manufacturer is aware, and yes you do have to go to the computer manufacturer for warranty. But I'd contact them even though the warranty for the PC is over. I've gotten a couple manufacturers to replace drives even though warranty was up. Haven't always been successful doing that, but they were for PCs where the owners really couldn't afford it, so I would always at least give it a shot. It would always be for drives that would've been under the regular warranty had they been purchased outright, so I thought it was the right thing to do anyway.
Just imagine how cool that name would be if it worked!
That's good. The reason I asked is that it sounded as though the disk was rapidly degrading with all the stuff/testing/repairing that was being done. So I was thinking that if you still needed to use it for awhile, and it was "working" otherwise, it would probably be best to leave it be (other than continuing to use it as you normally would, storing your data elsewhere as you have been).
Be sure to read through the tutorials Greg posted before you take it in. There's info in there that you can use to help ensure the drive is really ready for the trash.