Dell Inspiron HDD error, passes some diagnostics

[Wanhedaking]

Hello everyone,,
So my mother's old Inspiron B130 won't boot. Bios sees the HDD, ran a diagnostic and get Error 1000-0146 on the drive. Then use dell diagnostic software and the HDD: passes Quick test, passes S.M.A.R.T. test but fails Read test giving error blocks.

I can boot to my personal XP install disc, go to Recovery Console but forget what commands to run from the command prompt. I'll research what files to copy from the DVD, but could anyone tell me if this hard drive is toast? Seems to me if it passes Quick tet and Smart it's probably just some corrupted files or sector blocks.

Thanks to anyone w/any words of advice. Very much appreciated,

CaptainCourageous

[DaveLembke]

I wouldn't waste your time with a damaged hard drive unless you needed to recover data off it. To getting this computer back up and running healthy again I would install a healthy drive. If you want to save money you can find low cost refurbished and healthy used drives for sale.

[patio]

My rule of thumb with HDD's is if they do not pass 100% i give up on them and replace.