Hard drive error, can't connect to internet

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chamberlga

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About a month ago, my computer started acting up. The disk was running at 100% all the time and something in the unit was physically making a clicking noise. Eventually I got the classic windows 8 bluescreen with the big ol sad emoji on it. I looked up the error and after about an hour of trying to figure out how to launch into safe mode, I uninstalled AVG which was the supposed problem. My computer started working again.

Shortly after, it started running slowly again, crashing quite a bit, etc. every time I boot, I get a warning saying that I should back up all my info because there's a hard drive error. On top of this, I am unable to connect to the internet through wifi, Ethernet, and even USB tethering. Every time I try it back up my files, it freezes halfway through. I also am unable to turn on windows defender or antivirus. Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Check your HDD Cable 1st for loose connection. Then run a test with HDD tool like HDD Regenerator.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gigabyte g41 Combo
    CPU
    Core™2 Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte g41 Combo
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    builtin
    Sound Card
    builtin
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 500GB
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    MS
I get a warning saying that I should back up all my info because there's a hard drive error.
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I've been doing this a LONG time and have suffered through more than one hard disk failure and NEVER got a message telling me that I should back up my data! (Even though, I do this routinely anyway).

Sounds suspicious to me ...

Do you have some kind of hard drive SMART monitoring running that alerts you when some of the SMART parameters go beyond certain bounds? Asking, because that's the only kind of hard drive health monitoring software I've encountered.
 

My Computer

System One

Go to your hard disk manufacturers website, download their diagnostic tools and run the tests.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gigabyte g41 Combo
    CPU
    Core™2 Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte g41 Combo
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    builtin
    Sound Card
    builtin
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 500GB
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    MS
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