HP Pavilion g6 1331sa - Signs of HDD failure.

Its the HP Pavilion g6 1331sa
OS is Windows 7 Home Premium x64
3. I was aware of this with a piece of software called HDD Control 2. It has currently found 1376688 faulty sectors.
4. No changes.
Last night, I was gaming on minecraft and every so often it would temporalily lock up, then begin responding again. I thought nothing of it, and continued. Later on, I checked HDD Control 2 and it said it found about 70000 faulty sectors. You can tell what I thought, considering its only a 2 month old laptop. I then ran a load of HDD intensive programs to attempt to get all the faulty sectors. It then got to 120000 faulty sectors. Since it was really late on and I didn't want to risk keeping a potentially dangourous HDD on overnight, I waited until the morning until I made a system image backup.
During the system image, it got to 1376688 faulty sectors. The system image did not complete successfully the first time, and I remember it basically said there was an isuse between the source and desination drives and it had to stop. I'm running the system image again, in hope i can get a working system image out of it before the HDD dies.
The HDD has stopped at 1376688 faulty sectors for a while now. 
HDD control is stating that the health is at 99%, and performance at 100%. But if the faulty sectors keep on rising over time, that will kill off the HDD.  Is there some kind of firmware fix for it? Is it a known issue? The HDD thats inuse was shipped with it, and is a Hitachi HTS547575a9e384.
The laptop doesn't get much battering around, but goes in the car about every 3 weeks, in a HP laptop case that seems fairly secure. 
I'm not really bothered if its like " Yeah your HDD has had it " Cause when it was bought, I put an insurance plan on it, in case anything happens to it.
I've not had a nice experiance with Hitachi HDD's, my older gaming desktop had a 500GB Hitachi HDD in it, and that got the click of death after about 7 months. 
Any help would be appriciated. 

Ran the HDD Test built into the BIOS, and my fears have been confirmed. It failed.
I'd like to nicely ask HP for a new HDD, but heres the thing. When I bought my laptop, I also took out insurance on it. I want to use the insurance plan as if there is a board failure in the future and they realise I repaired it myself, theres the chance they might point the finger and say " nope we are not gunna fix it, you tried self repair" 
It does seem to run fine though, and I don't know if they will fix it if it boots fine. Maybe if I show them the Hard disk test result, they might award it.
9CW788-63W66C-MFPV5A-60WQ03 
That is the failure ID. That doesnt show any hope for fixing the existing HDD does it?

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    Are these 'disk needs repair' signs of a HDD that needs to be replaced?
    I live about 2 hours from the nearest Apple store in Houston and my AppleCare expired in October. If I make the trip to take it in, I feel like there not going to find anything.
    Any tips or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

    Here's what I got from EtreCheck. I noticed a few things I took care of that aren't shown here. Google Drive was causing Finder crashes and there were a few Paragon NTFS Launch Agents.
    >>>>>
    EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104)
    Report generated December 6, 2014 at 2:30:08 PM CST
    Hardware Information: ℹ️
      MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
      1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
      16 GB RAM Upgradeable
      BANK 0/DIMM0
      8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
      BANK 1/DIMM0
      8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
      Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
      Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Video Information: ℹ️
      Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
      AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
      Color LCD 1440 x 900
      Cintiq 22HD 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
    System Software: ℹ️
      OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:5:57
    Disk Information: ℹ️
      TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
      Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 749.30 GB (545.77 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
      MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 
    USB Information: ℹ️
      Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
      Contour Design ShuttleXpress
      WACOM Cintiq 22HD HUB
      Tablet Cintiq 22HD Tablet
      Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
      Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
      Western Digital  External HDD     500.11 GB
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
      TK_500GB (disk1s2) /Volumes/TK_500GB : 499.76 GB (8.42 GB free)
      Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
      Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
      /Applications/Radio Silence.app
      [loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.filter (1 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
      /Applications/Rowmote Helper.app
      [not loaded] com.regularrateandrhythm.driver.RowmoteIREmu (1.0 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
      /Applications/Toast 10 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app
      [not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Support]
      [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Support]
      /Library/Extensions
      [loaded] com.contourdesign.shuttle.kext (3.0 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
      [loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
      [loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
      /System/Library/Extensions
      [loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
      [loaded] com.dvdfab.kext.fabio (1) [Support]
      [not loaded] com.razer.common.razerhid (4.43 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
      [not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.9 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
      [not loaded] jp.co.roland.RDUSB0009Dev (1.0.0) [Support]
      [not loaded] jp.co.yamaha.driver.YamahaUSBAudio (1.1.0f1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
    Launch Agents: ℹ️
      [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.agent.plist [Support]
      [running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist [Support]
      [running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Support]
      [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Support]
    Launch Daemons: ℹ️
      [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
      [invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.regularrateandrhythm.rowmotehelperaide.plist [Support]
      [running] com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist [Support]
      [loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist [Support]
      [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Support]
    User Launch Agents: ℹ️
      [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
      [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
    User Login Items: ℹ️
      Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
      ShuttleHelper Application (/Applications/Contour Shuttle.app/Contents/Resources/ShuttleHelper.app)
    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
      DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.4r144 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
      AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
      WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 [Support]
      AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
      AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
      Mathematica: Version: 8.0.4.2609484 [Support]
      iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
      AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
      JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
    User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
      CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]
      Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Support]
    Safari Extensions: ℹ️
      Facebook Cleaner
      LastPass
      Extensions: No such file or directory
    Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
      JackRouter: Version: JackRouter [Support]
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
      Flash Player  [Support]
      WacomTablet  [Support]
    Time Machine: ℹ️
      Skip System Files: NO
      Mobile backups: ON
      Auto backup: YES
      Destinations:
      TK_500GB [Local]
      Total size: 499.76 GB
      Total number of backups: 54
      Oldest backup: 2013-11-05 21:08:54 +0000
      Last backup: 2014-12-05 18:03:39 +0000
      Size of backup disk: Excellent
      Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
          12% mds
          9% mdworker
          4% WindowServer
          1% InterCheck
          0% ps
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
      258 MB mds_stores
      189 MB InterCheck
      189 MB SophosScanD
      189 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
      172 MB SophosAntiVirus
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
      10.71 GB Free RAM
      2.77 GB Active RAM
      2.11 GB Inactive RAM
      1.58 GB Wired RAM
      298 MB Page-ins
      0 B Page-outs
    Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
      Dec 6, 2014, 02:24:48 PM Self test - passed
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:42:59 PM Finder_2014-12-06-134259_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:41:59 PM Finder_2014-12-06-134159_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:40:58 PM Finder_2014-12-06-134058_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:39:57 PM Finder_2014-12-06-133957_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:38:57 PM Finder_2014-12-06-133857_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 01:37:56 PM Finder_2014-12-06-133756_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
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      Dec 6, 2014, 01:23:23 PM Finder_2014-12-06-132323_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
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      Dec 6, 2014, 01:13:46 PM WacomTabletDriver_2014-12-06-131346_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 12:42:58 PM dynamiclinkmanager_2014-12-06-124258_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash
      Dec 6, 2014, 12:40:22 PM WacomTabletDriver_2014-12-06-124022_[redacted]s-MacBook-Pro.crash

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