Is my HardDrive Toast?

[artbuc]

Before you order one, why not test the hard drive with the WD Data Lifeguard Utility?
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=3
Since it won't boot, you need the ISO version to create a bootable CD.
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=30&lang=en

Macrium restore is not difficult, I've done it once with the bootable CD you create from Macrium program.

Well, I don't have a way to create a bootable CD and my hard drive is 6 years old. Plus, I did run the HP diagnostic in an F10 recovery and the hard drive failed the Smart Test. At this point I would rather get a new one and be done with it.

[artbuc]

Beautiful fall afternoon in SE PA!

Ordered my new hard drive from Amazon this morning. In the meantime, I was thinking. What if my old hard drive is ok but just has some corrupted files or malware? Could I format it (I think that means erase everything) and then transfer the Macrium image from my external hard drive to the formatted internal hard drive?

[Computer_Commando]

If it fails SMART now, it will be dead soon.