Hard drive test

[Fanchman]

Hey everyone. Quick question what do I do about this? It's in a Dell laptop with windows 7, intel i5..not sure on model. I'm just now learning about pcs. (Noob) Do I need a new hard drive, can it be done in a Dell laptop? When I go to system diagnostics quick scan on hard drive it stays at 0 %. Or do I just need to reinstall windows 7?

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can probably reinstall windows unless the hdd is bad. 

 

Id make a bootable usb stick and put ubuntu on it and test your drive with badblocks.

[TheProfessionalAmateurs]

My friend's Dell prebuilt had the same problem. A power surge corrupted his drive. I managed to get into windows with it after a few tries, but apps like Microsoft Edge were missing (it was a windows 10 machine). I ended up reinstalling windows, and it works just fine.

[Fanchman]

I will try reinstalling it. Let you guys know the outcome.