is my hard drive permanently damaged? (10 pts to best answer)?

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ok so a couple weeks ago I sent my computer in to be restored because a program installed a horrible virus on it, it was so bad that my viral scanner missed it and actually got disabled by this thing.....at that point it even infected safe mode.....so whenever I tried to run my computer it would work for like 10 seconds and then the hard drive would make a noise it was almost stalling, then the computer brought me to a blue screen of death....ok so thinking the problem could be fixed by restoration I took my comp in for servicing and when it got back everything seemed fine and the virus is gone now...but every now and then the Hard Drive freezes and stalls but since the virus is gone no more blue screen....the drive simply starts up again....

so my question is....did the virus cause so much damage that it ruined my Hard Drive beyond repair?

DavidJacobs · Accepted Answer

No the virus did not physically damage your drive, however it would seem that either you have a software issue that is causing the problem or the HD is damaged anyway, this would not be the result of the virus. It is possible that a virus could damage the boot sector of the drive. The good news is that even large drives of 500Gb can be purchased for less than $100. This is what I would do, and then do a clean install.

zoomjet · Answer

Download and run Crystal Disk Info - it will analyze your drive and let you know its condition
free here
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/CrystalDiskInfo/1251132894/1

- if the signs are bad, back up data to dvd or an external hard drive immediately.

Anonymous · Answer

Use CHKDSK to find Hard Drive Problems 
http://www.hard-drive-help.com/chkdsk.html

Dennis PC Repairs · Answer

only possible answer is ask the guys that repaired it

no one can see it online only people that actually worked on it!

? · Answer

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? · Answer

no.
the hdd was probebly failing anyways.
no connection to virus.

? · Answer

i doubt. you probably still have some crapware installed somewhere. a full format of the HDD should help.

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is my hard drive permanently damaged? (10 pts to best answer)?

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