Vista - unable to run Toshiba Full Disc wipe

recently itunes has corrupted and told it to unistall i did so and after that everything had gone ultra slow and i turned it off turn and on again same thing. slow. i put it in safemode and still to no avail, slow. i've started and done transfer of files i want to keep.i then tried to go to the vista repair and from F8, i clicked "revert to out of the box", it then went blank and turned off i had repeated 3 times to make sure it wasn't a one-time thing, i had power plugged in btw. i figured to run windows 'chkdsk' with both options checked i am running it now. so far it is on stage 3 and checking file data(out of 136,000 files) it has found 40,000+ corrupted clusters and has replaced them and is still going...12hrs in and still going.

note: when it got to about 40,000 - 45,000 it started making a sound like the sound of a failing HD or when it skips it makes that noise every so often just a note anyway

caseyckc wrote:
Sounds like your hard drive is failing. No point in doing Chkdsk. Run a
diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive mftr.'s website (or use
Seagate's SeaTools For DOS). You will create a bootable CD with the file you
download. You will need third-party burning software to do this such as
Roxio, Nero, or the free ImgBurn. Burn as an image, not as data.

http://www.imgburn.com

Boot with the CD you made and do a thorough test of the drive. If it fails
any physical tests, replace it.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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this is on a laptop once i get the new hard drive how am i supposed to get the pre-loaded vista onto the new HD?

it doesnt work but it runs i opened the HD and it has no mftr

caseyckc wrote:

I have no idea what that sentence is supposed to mean. As for identifying
the hard drive to get a diagnostic:

Repeat:
Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hello Casey,

This link below at Toshiba will show you how to create a set of Vista Recovery Discs if you are still able to (if not to corrupted) from the OEM recovery partition. If you are able to, these will reinstall Vista and your Applicationtion & Drivers on the new drive.

How to use the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility

Hope this helps,
Shawn

in response to your question the program runs perfect but none of the tests will run

ok i will try it now

it displays "windows loading files" then just turns off same as going through "F8" -> "Toshiba HDD recovery utility"

It sounds like your hard drive is about toast then. I would recommend that you backup anything that you do not want to lose that you are still able to. You should be able to order a replacement copy of your OEM Vista installation DVD for your model of computer from Toshiba to use to install on a new hard drive though.