Corrupted Dell Vostro Hard disk

Hi,
This is Gerard Santinelli and my Dell Vostro’s hard disk gets corrupted every time the laptop is moved. I have tried to fix this issue many times but the problem still persists. Can somebody give me an effective solution?
Regards
Gerard Santinelli

Sounds like the drive is bad. Run an extended diagnostic on it - F12 at powerup. If it throws a 2000- error code, replace the drive.

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