Is my HDD dying?

[360bhp]

2 year old Samsung drive..

[Legthigh]

It will probably get worse, I'd back-up your stuff now.

Run CHKDSK (after you have backed up) it should mark the damaged sectors as bad so windows knows not to use them.

[smargh]

Yes.

Wipe it and buy a new one.

[Zak33]

Yes.

Wipe it and buy a new one.

if you're gonna bin it.. and it looks like it might be dying....and if it's ever had valuable data on it...

drill it with a large electric drill, all the way through.... then stick it in a bucket of salty water for a week in the garden.

then bin it.