Is my hard drive broken/damaged?

[Jubel]

Just recently, my computer failed to boot up Windows 7 after the little animation of the orbs forming the logo. After about 5 minutes of my computer going HRRRR, chunckchuck, HRRRR, chunckchuck. My screen flashed then went to a black screen, and it said a disk needs to be checked for consistency. Now, the only other disk in my computer is NFS Hot Pursuit, and I doubt it would need to boot up anything from that.
Anywho, the computer did a disk check and stuff, the restarted. It still HRRRR, chunckchuck'd, but booted up in about 3 minutes. So, is one of my hard drive disks wrecked or something?

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[TomTheGeek²]

Sadly you are correct.

It could be corrupted, or just dead itself.

[Jubel]

Sadly you are correct.

It could be corrupted, or just dead itself.

Should I take it in to a computer shop or something?
I'm assuming since I can still boot, I can save everything though from it and replace if needed. I have yet to restart my computer since because it said "it was fixed".

[MegaScientifical]

Judging from your avatar, I'd assume you like to shake things. Weighty things.

[Deathwish]

You're prolly hearing a disk head crash, where the reading/writing heads are physically touching and causing bad things. You could go to a specialist if there's anything you need recovering, but I imagine it'd be cheaper to get a new disk.

[Jubel]

You're prolly hearing a disk head crash, where the reading/writing heads are physically touching and causing bad things. You could go to a specialist if there's anything you need recovering, but I imagine it'd be cheaper to get a new disk.

The only thing I am really worried about losing is my theater build for Blockland. This computer has barely anything on it worth value.

Also, the disk check thing my computer did, is is possible that it fixed it? because I still have yet to restart my computer out of fear.

[steve5451]

The only thing I am really worried about losing is my theater build for Blockland. This computer has barely anything on it worth value.

Also, the disk check thing my computer did, is is possible that it fixed it? because I still have yet to restart my computer out of fear.

Quick, back it up before it's too late. :O!
Or you can take it to a tech guy who will take off the casing around it and back up your files on the disk itself.

I remember when my old 95 computer did this a couple years ago. ;-;

[Deathwish]

If it's a failure of the drive read/write heads, then you're forgeted basically, because it's not going to read anything on the disk and hence you cannot back anything up without physically replacing those heads.

[Jubel]

Quick, back it up before it's too late. :O!
Or you can take it to a tech guy who will take off the casing around it and back up your files on the disk itself.

I remember when my old 95 computer did this a couple years ago. ;-;

Thing is, I find this odd because my computer is only a few months old, and I've never done anything to shift it a lot or that could damage it.

[steve5451]

Thing is, I find this odd because my computer is only a few months old, and I've never done anything to shift it a lot or that could damage it.

Well something must be loose if I'm correct and it is the internal disk hitting the sides.
Could be faulty.