Help with hard disk "corruption"

chkdsk /x /f /r
System rebooted and checkdisk ran for 6 minutes.
System rebooted and these results seem to show corrections were performed:

Code:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\xxxx> get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername –match "wininit"}
 | fl timecreated, message


TimeCreated : 2/19/2018 6:44:21 AM
Message     :

              Checking file system on C:
              The type of the file system is NTFS.

              A disk check has been scheduled.
              Windows will now check the disk.

              Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
                431616 file records processed.
              File verification completed.
                11878 large file records processed.
                0 bad file records processed.

              Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
                15849 reparse records processed.
                507438 index entries processed.
              Index verification completed.
                0 unindexed files scanned.
                0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
                15849 reparse records processed.

              Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
              Cleaning up 11 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
              Cleaning up 11 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
              Cleaning up 11 unused security descriptors.
              Security descriptor verification completed.
                37912 data files processed.
              CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
                36288064 USN bytes processed.
              Usn Journal verification completed.

              Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...
                431600 files processed.
              File data verification completed.

              Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
                21171679 free clusters processed.
              Free space verification is complete.
              The MFT mirror is different from the MFT.
              Correcting errors in the Master File Table (MFT) mirror.
              Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.

              Windows has made corrections to the file system.
              No further action is required.

               124454911 KB total disk space.
                39102292 KB in 177992 files.
                  121116 KB in 37913 indexes.
                       4 KB in bad sectors.
                  544783 KB in use by the system.
                   65536 KB occupied by the log file.
                84686716 KB available on disk.

                    4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
                31113727 total allocation units on disk.
                21171679 allocation units available on disk.

              Internal Info:
              00 96 06 00 45 4b 03 00 52 2b 06 00 00 00 00 00  ....EK..R+......
              e4 00 00 00 05 3d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .....=..........

              Windows has finished checking your disk.
              Please wait while your computer restarts.

HD Tune:
-benchmark Aborts in less than 5 seconds saying Read Error
-health does not populate at all / blank and keeps saying next update with a countdown
-error scan (see screenshot)

Hard Disk Sentinal screenshot says there are 4 "bad" sectors, and zero "damaged".
Crystal Disk Info screenshot says there are 4 "damaged" sectors.

Am I correct to say, a re-partition/format/clean install would clear this problem?
What about restoring from last good Paragon backup disk image (Feb 10)?

The chkdsk report:
The MFT mirror is different from the MFT.
Correcting errors in the Master File Table (MFT) mirror.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

When using Paragon please clarify:
a) always images
b) always clones
c) sometimes images and/or clones



The part of the drive that is used by Windows can be modified so that there are no bad blocks.

zbook said:

When using Paragon please clarify:
a) always images
b) always clones
c) sometimes images and/or clones



The part of the drive that is used by Windows can be modified so that there are no bad blocks.

Always full disk image (all partitions). NOT incremental or changes only. Full image every time.

In fact, after I got done posting that last HDS screenshot here, I tried Paragon backup to see what would happen... and it actually completed a full backup successfully! But, I have a feeling the image done today might "inherit" the bad areas of the disk. I do have an image from Feb 10 (before all this was discovered), but I wonder if it includes bad sectors/blocks!

I am interested in how I could modify the part of the drive that is used by Windows so that there are no bad blocks?

Does Paragon have a feature to make clones?

zbook said:

Does Paragon have a feature to make clones?

Not sure. I don't see it at Full features of Paragon Backup & Recovery but maybe they call it something different. I do see an option with my Feb 10 backup image to Mount/Unmount, but I have no idea what that does or if it can help me. It does mention selective file restoration... And I also have Paragon Hard Disk Manager installed but I've never used it - Paragon Hard Disk Manager for Windows | Paragon Software . There is this - Paragon Migrate OS | Paragon Software

The Paragon software I am not familiar with.
For backing up drives there can be problems when backups are done as clones.
It's uncommon.
There can be problems if two drives have the same disk signature.
The problem is termed disk signature collisions.
It's may be important if the Paragon software is making clones.
What is a Disk Signature Why Are They Necessary?
What is a Boot Sector Why Are They Important?

zbook said:

For backing up drives there can be problems when backups are done as clones.
It's uncommon.
There can be problems if two drives have the same disk signature.
The problem is termed disk signature collisions.
It's may be important if the Paragon software is making clones.
What is a Disk Signature Why Are They Necessary?
What is a Boot Sector Why Are They Important?

I do not use Clone. To me, Clone means - copy contents of one drive to another. That is a feature of Paragon Hard Disk Manager, but I've never used it. Are you suggesting that I use Clone somehow?

Can you please explain what is the theory/procedure/method of modifying the part of the drive that is used by Windows so that there are no bad blocks?

Bree said:

See 'Paragon Universal Image Mounter' in the 'Additional features' section of Full features of Paragon Backup & Recovery

Thanks, I do understand I can browse a backup image and restore single files/folders. Can that be of help to me, in my current situation?