Is my HD dying?

Ckdsk has run a few times when I reboot recently, I'm afraid my HD is dying
Chkdsk Log

Code:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date:          03/06/2010 12:18:01
Event ID:      1001
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      David-PC
Description:


Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.                         

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
  491328 file records processed.                                         

File verification completed.
  115 large file records processed.                                   

  0 bad file records processed.                                     

  2 EA records processed.                                           

  44 reparse records processed.                                      

CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
  526594 index entries processed.                                        

Index verification completed.
  0 unindexed files scanned.                                        

  0 unindexed files recovered.                                      

CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
  491328 file SDs/SIDs processed.                                        

Cleaning up 16 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 16 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 16 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
  17634 data files processed.                                           

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
  36438192 USN bytes processed.                                            

Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

 244051440 KB total disk space.
  69089736 KB in 97904 files.
     51992 KB in 17635 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
    600964 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
 174308748 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
  61012860 total allocation units on disk.
  43577187 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
40 7f 07 00 5e c3 01 00 c7 10 03 00 00 00 00 00  @...^...........
5d 0f 00 00 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ]...,...........
11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Wininit" Guid='{206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}' EventSourceName="Wininit" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-06-03T11:18:01.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>23203</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution Processid='0' Threadid='0' />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>David-PC</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.                         

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
  491328 file records processed.                                         

File verification completed.
  115 large file records processed.                                   

  0 bad file records processed.                                     

  2 EA records processed.                                           

  44 reparse records processed.                                      

CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
  526594 index entries processed.                                        

Index verification completed.
  0 unindexed files scanned.                                        

  0 unindexed files recovered.                                      

CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
  491328 file SDs/SIDs processed.                                        

Cleaning up 16 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 16 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 16 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
  17634 data files processed.                                           

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
  36438192 USN bytes processed.                                            

Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

 244051440 KB total disk space.
  69089736 KB in 97904 files.
     51992 KB in 17635 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
    600964 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
 174308748 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
  61012860 total allocation units on disk.
  43577187 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
40 7f 07 00 5e c3 01 00 c7 10 03 00 00 00 00 00  @...^...........
5d 0f 00 00 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ]...,...........
11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

 

This looks more like unimportant tidying up that is not being resolved.

Assuming this is windows7, a Laptop with infra red, and no other problems or odd noises are apparent Install this patch The Chkdsk.exe program does not start correctly on a Windows 7-based computer,
(Technically about failure to run the disk check but possibly relevant) and run chkdsk again at boot (automatically or by asking Windows to do a full check on C: which it will defer to the next boot). If it still does not clear the problem try running chkdsk from the DOS box repair console of a bootable W7 install disk. Beyond that it gets messy and unless you want to mess about the fastest solution may require a factory restore /reinstall

I would however suggest an immediate full back up just in case

I remember this happening endlessly on a studio 15 running Vista . . I seem to recall some combination of Dell and MS updates eventually cleared it.

 

to confirm it , download HD tune and do the error test on that.. if it find errors , u have a 100% dieing hard drive then.

 

Actually, scratch that, it just ran again...
Any ideas?

 

new hard drive time maybe.. maybe this is a good excuse to upgrade

 

MFT might be corrupt. Could try wiping w/a low level format, then installing stuff back onto it, but it's not a great long-term solution.

 

Bah, that's what I was afraid of...
I don't wanna wipe, and can't nearly afford a new disk.

I'll struggle by, hibernate more often than shut down maybe