What does that mean?
I think it is not the update that caused the problem. The problem seems to be bad sectors on the HDD. How old is your HDD?
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Eol is end of life. All drives have a limited amount of read/write processes. Ssd's are more notorious for this until recently. They have been improved much in the past several years.
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The above screenshot shows a lot of sectors 
Oh no.
It looks like it is standing with its last leg...
At this stage, your best bet is obtaining a new drive and copy the personal data from the old drive.
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I'm surprised it's even booting. Definitely want to back up and prepare for the drive to fail. It just won't boot one day, soon.
Edit: you can boot into your live usb and copy anything it'll give you access to. If it doesn't give you access or provides errors, it's not salvageable.
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I literally bought this laptop last year. Brand new. It's crazy that it's been messing up like this.
Good idea!
I did not think about of it.
Then OP does not have to buy a new drive immediately.
Does that mean i can't use my laptop at all until i get a new HDD?
Positive.
At this stage any kind of file manipulation poses a danger to the content of your HDD. Bad sectors can increase exponentially.
But how did the drive get this way in the first place?? Was it something i did, or was it faulty from the start?
That is why I asked you the age of this drive.
Depends on the warranty term, you could RMA failed drive within 2 or 3 years. I think 5 year warranty is the thing of the past.
HDD/SSD is not permanent.
They are consumable.
The trick is to transfer your data to the new disk before they fail.
From my experience, any disk over 5 years old started to show the sign of age.
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Mine's just over a year. Not even a year and a half old yet.
New does not mean undamaged.
I worked at a large well known Computer manufacturer, long ago. And workers would drop computers all the time. They would say, "well, it's not going to my house" and put it back on the pallet.
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Definitely you should RMA it.
Visit the manufacturers site and search for RMA info.
There is usually a check box to input the serial number of your disk to confirm the eligibility of returning the disk for exchange.
You have to pay a postage to ship back but returning cost will be paid by the manufacturer.
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If you meant that your laptop is less than 2 years old, then you might be able to RMA the laptop itself.
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I was also thinking if it's a salvaged HDD they put in a new computer.
How could it be possible?
The SMART data will show the number of hours in usage, no?
Or only the nerd like myself would check that kind of things?
Hdd's have the chance of failing any time during the manufacture process. They catch most of the bad ones as they come through, but noone is perfect. That also may be the drive they stress tested... who knows.
The avarage joe six pack would never check. A hustle is a hustle. The biggest consumer of techs are still those with no knowledge of what they are using.
Since i need a new drive, does anyone have recommendations? Should i get a hard drive again, or a solid state drive?