Windows Media Player - Files Can't Open or Crashes trying

Firstly, can I just say I hate this support system, I have idea where I'm going or what I'm doing and never find anything useful. Really frustrating:/ I just hope this is the right place to post this cry for help... apologies if not
Right back to the issue at hand.
I'm running Win 8.1, on IdeaPad U330 Touch i7
A LOT of my video files (mainly from an iPod or iPhone) are causing problems.
At first it was simply no thumbnail would load and if I tried to open them, I would instantly get an error pop-up from WMP saying something like 'an error occurred, WMP is now closing, if any solutions are found you will be told, and sends off an error report' (I think?).
Now the problem has escalated to the point where if I go anywhere near the vast majority of my video files, whether in WMP or File Explorer, e.g. trying to open, look at properties, or sometimes even just selecting the file, my computer will freeze up for a few moments (my audio from iTunes will still play though) and then the screen will refresh and File Explorer will have completely crashed and closed any of its open windows.
I managed to Ctrl+Alt+Delete it once (the only thing you can rely on working) and when I opened Task Manager, FE will have already crashed and the crash report will be sending, and my disk usage would be 98/99%. Also all my files are stored in the OneDrive folder, available offline.
Don't know if that helps but I hope it does.
Thanks
Alex

Hi thatNoseyParker,
Thanks for Posting!
It seems that there are files being read right off from the HDD
Can you try running a Storage test. See if it will return an Error or a failure on the Drive
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds025445
Regards
Solid Cruver
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