Is it 100% certain my hard drive is failing?

When there is scannow displaying corruption of the operating system there is a cbs log and the findstr command creates a concise assessment of the underlying problems.
Options that may fix the corruption include running the scannow command three times in safe mode.
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Other options include running the dism restorehealth command or an in place upgrade repair.
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zbook said:

When there is scannow displaying corruption of the operating system there is a cbs log and the findstr command creates a concise assessment of the underlying problems.
Options that may fix the corruption include running the scannow command three times in safe mode.
Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10 | Tutorials
Run SFC Command in Windows 10 | Tutorials
Other options include running the dism restorehealth command or an in place upgrade repair.
Use DISM to Repair Windows 10 Image | Tutorials
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Tutorials
Download Windows 10 ISO File | Tutorials
Download Windows 10

I did the sfc /scannow. There were repairs done. Below is the screen grab. In the CBS folder there was a CBS text file. I do not know if that is the same file that would have been created by the FINDSTR command but it does seem like a summary. It had the date and time of when the sfc /scannow command was run.

The FINDSTR command did not work though.



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In the above image the scannow command displayed that it found corruption and was successful in correcting it.

To reconfirm run these commands:

dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
sfc /scannow
chkdsk /scan
When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

Code:

2019-01-15 20:57:44, Info                  CSI    00004681 [SR] Repairing corrupted file \??\C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\\OneDrive.lnk from store

zbook said:

To reconfirm run these commands:

dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
sfc /scannow
chkdsk /scan
When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.523]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth


Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17134.1


Image Version: 10.0.17134.523


[==========================100.0%==========================] No component store corruption detected.
The operation completed successfully.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth


Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17134.1


Image Version: 10.0.17134.523


[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>


C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow


Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.


Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.


Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.
This service cannot be started in Safe Mode


A snapshot error occured while scanning this drive. Run an offline scan and fix.


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.523]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Windows.


Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
563456 file records processed.
File verification completed.
17525 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.


Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
39765 reparse records processed.
707302 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
39765 reparse records processed.


Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
71924 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
39243536 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.


Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.


123530239 KB total disk space.
99564144 KB in 373984 files.
243416 KB in 71925 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
678923 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
23043756 KB available on disk.


4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
30882559 total allocation units on disk.
5760939 allocation units available on disk.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>

The operating system corruption has been fixed.

Post images of the hardware tests (HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows and HD Tune and/or HD Sentinel)

Run the BETA log collector and post a new zip into the thread:
BSOD - Posting Instructions - Windows 10 Forums

Place the computer into clean boot:
Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts | Tutorials

Perform an in place upgrade repair using a Windows 10 iso.
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Defer Windows updates until after the upgrade.

Make sure that there is only one drive connected to the computer at the time of the upgrade.

If the Windows upgrade works you are set.
If it fails then Panther logs will be viewed.

If there is a failure then run setupdiag:
SetupDiag | Microsoft Docs