[General Maximus]

there are different types of hard drive errors but like it has been mentioned above, once they start they tend to keep going. The best Windows can do is put a mark on them when it scans for disc errors so it knows not to use them and only good clusters get data written to. The last thing you want to do though is be in a situation where you lose data so as soon as you start having hdd probs it is worth getting a new one considering how cheap they are these days.