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Chkdsk is not the most accurate tool when it comes to hardware problems.

I suspect the error message is for real. Download one of these tools to get the official report: Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

Now just because it reports errors doesn't necessarily mean the drive is failing. It could also be a bad cable.

the warning message states that your hdd is failing , it may be days, weeks or months before it happens , its getting unreliable to store data to , 1tb hdd's a fairly cheap nowadays invest in a new one before you lose your data , backup as much as you can immediately :)

follow JK's excellent advice first

you may be lucky , do as JK suggested and check the cable then download the diagnostic software that JK provided the link for :)

cgrim29588 said:

I downloaded diagnostic software that JK provided the link for, but when I try to run it I get this:

Error reading drive. No diskette in drive, or drive failure

have you checked the cable , if you do not have a spare one , you can temperaly turn it around see if that makes any diference

cgrim29588 said:

No I don't know how to check it and I don't have a spare one.

take the end of the cable out of the hard drive and follow it down to the motherboard connection remove it from the motherboard and place the end that you took out of the hDD in the motherboard connector ,then place the end from the motherboard onto the hdd , now you have reversed the cable , if you dont get the error message and you can run the diagnostics then your cable is at fault not the hdd :)