Startup recovery not helping

Apologize for the re-post. Don't know how to delete posts yet. Listed it wrong I believe.

Sony Vaio notebook PC running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

The computer boots up and instantly goes to a black screen. After roughly 10 minutes, I have the option to run Startup Recovery or boot windows normally.

Startup Recovery does not help and states that it cannot fix the problem.

If I try to boot Windows normally, it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours to start windows. After it starts, the screen resolution is at the lowest setting (appears to be safe mode but it is not). So, I rollback my display driver and re-install. After this, I cannot reach windows anymore.

I also tried the boot up disc but it seems all my recovery options are non-existent. For example, all the System Restore options are gone. I can't return to old settings.

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic

Did you make your Sony Recovery Disks?

OK. I'll see what that does for me.

I didn't make them yet. I've only had the PC for about 3 months. Should have already I know.

Sony installs some pretty decent software. I'd rather not clean install. I back up my college work on my desktop and a usb drive so there really isn't much important to lose. I just need this laptop working because I use it often when I'm away from home.

A new error is coming up now.

wmilib.sys is corrupted or missing

Could be a hard drive issue after all. Crap.

The boot up is faster now but still very slow but at least windows opens with everything seemingly normal. There were bad sectors on the hard drive. Since it is a relatively new computer, I might just contact Sony for a replacement... or repairs... or something.

Going to try to run startup repair again after I defragment the drive. CHKDSK moved a lot of stuff around.

As your laptop is only three months old it will still be under warranty so I think you should consider contacting Sony sooner rather than later.

Perhaps they could swap out the hard drive and transfer the information off your old one before it finally gives up.

I never could run a test. I couldn't determine what I needed to download for my drive and the model number or whatever returned nothing. The links just threw me to the western digital site and the site was eh... crap?

WDC WD32 00BEVT-26A23T0 SATA