Storage Solutions HD tune Pro results for my laptop HDD ... need help

[alive hunter]

15 days back I re-installed Win7 (fresh) on my laptop.. after 2 days of installation the Windows would get stuck / very very slow (not even able to open start menu). I thought some problem with the windows / System Drivers.
then I again re-installed fresh win7 .. but still the same issue...

I suspected the HDD so preformed the HD Tune test...
Following are the results for my Laptop HDD test @ HD Tune Pro 5.5 -
can someone help me out to understand this results and wht should i do next?

HD Tune Pro: ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB Error Scan

Scanned data : 498 gB
Damaged Blocks : 0.3 %
Elapsed Time : 2:10:44
1 Error at 41009 MB (LBA 83987106)
2 Error at 41016 MB (LBA 84002722)
3 Error at 41039 MB (LBA 84048930)
4 Error at 41045 MB (LBA 84061986)
5 Error at 41491 MB (LBA 84975368)
6 Error at 41514 MB (LBA 85020936)
7 Error at 67192 MB (LBA 137610682)

Error Scan snapshot attached

 

[Rockfella]

Replace.

 

[alive hunter]

Health tab details uploaded from HD Tune Pro

 

[nRiTeCh]

How old is then laptop? Is it under warranty?

 

[alive hunter]

How old is then laptop? Is it under warranty?

its 2 yrs old.. not in warranty...

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

Run chkdsk /r

 

[alive hunter]

should I run HDD Regenerator ???

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

Don't use HDD regenerator unless you have valuable data stored on those sectors that you absolutely need to recover. HDD regenerator, unlike the name falsely indicates, cannot 'regenerate' your hard drive and make it good as new. Moreover the stress of running a full surface test can only make things worse for a failing drive.

Your drive comes from the factory with bad sectors. If they could not fix the bad sectors at the manufacturing stage, then there is zero chance that software can regenerate/scrub/zap the bad sectors.

If a sector is weak, it is common sense not to use it to store data anymore. Hence the recommendation to run chkdsk /r so it can mark those sectors bad, and future writes can be mapped to good sectors. This is what the HDD spare sector area is for.

What you should do is monitor your SMART status and note how fast these bad sectors are growing. I've seen drives last for years with a few bad sectors, however if the bad sectors keep growing exponentially - then you have a problem.

 

[alive hunter]

Don't use HDD regenerator unless you have valuable data stored on those sectors that you absolutely need to recover. HDD regenerator, unlike the name falsely indicates, cannot 'regenerate' your hard drive and make it good as new. Moreover the stress of running a full surface test can only make things worse for a failing drive.

Your drive comes from the factory with bad sectors. If they could not fix the bad sectors at the manufacturing stage, then there is zero chance that software can regenerate/scrub/zap the bad sectors.

If a sector is weak, it is common sense not to use it to store data anymore. Hence the recommendation to run chkdsk /r so it can mark those sectors bad, and future writes can be mapped to good sectors. This is what the HDD spare sector area is for.

What you should do is monitor your SMART status and note how fast these bad sectors are growing. I've seen drives last for years with a few bad sectors, however if the bad sectors keep growing exponentially - then you have a problem.

thanks for your valuable reply...