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I here are the S.M.A.R.T values:

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x84) Offline data collection activity
was ...

Running repair MFT returns the following:
"Both MFT seems ok but they don't match, use chkdsk."

could I force it to copy over the backup MFT? is that a bad idea?

I also randomly found out that the HDD keeps its own error log. The error it shows are four "Uncorrectable error in data" and a "address ...

I've basked up everything and ran chkdsk. It fails at 75% "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems." I also ran a test with bootcfg /scan and got "failed to scan disks for windows instillations. this problem may caused by corrupt filesystems. Use chkdsk to repair these ...

I got an external HDD and am copying the "Documents and Settings" now with TestDisk.
I'll try chkdsk again, but I don't think it is going to work. Especially since Dir doesn't work. It just returns an error when I try to list what is on the root of the C:\ drive where windows should be installed ...

I've been trying to use TestDisk to repair my windows xp system after a power surge. I followed the "Step by Step" on the TestDisk page, I wrote the partition table to disk, and it said the boot sector was ok. I've also tried to repair the MFT, and TestDisk says "Both MFT seem ok but they don't ...