hi im running an intel core duo e8400, 4gig, vista 64 home premimum, recently my comp shut down and evr since then its been stuck in a chkdsk loop, i finally managed to log back on after running and reinstalling windows vista, (dunno if this was a bad idea). i downloaded the utility here and got this
Test Option: EXTENDED TEST
Model Number: WDC WD40 00AAKS-00A7B
Unit Serial Number:
Firmware Number: 01.0
Capacity: 400.09 GB
SMART Status: Not Available
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 08-Error was detected while repairing bad sectors.
Test Time: 19:01:54, October 10, 2012
will i be needing a new harddrive, or can this be fixed?
