Computer horrendously sluggish to freezing completely after PowerOuts.

[Nullianac]

I'm shocked it managed to get this far.

We've been having a series of awful powerouts lately, and after the last one, everytime I tried to start my computer, it would freeze up then eventually lock up to the point where I had to restart. I managed to halt it thus far, but I'm curious -- does this mean my HardDrive is failing again?

Operating System
	MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1
CPU
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600  @ 2.40GHz	46 °C
	Kentsfield 65nm Technology
RAM
	3.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (6-6-6-18)
Motherboard
	Dell Inc. 0TP406 (CPU)
Graphics
	917W (1440x900@75Hz)
	AMD Radeon HD 6570 (ATI AIB)	43 °C
Hard Drives
	488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0 (RAID)	40

Hard Drives
		WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0
			Manufacturer	Western Digital
			Form Factor	GB/3.5-inch
			Business Unit/Brand	Desktop/WD Caviar®
			Interface	RAID
			Capacity	488GB
			Real size	500,107,862,016 bytes
			RAID Type	Software RAID
				S.M.A.R.T
					01 Read Error Rate	200 (200 worst) Data 0000000D33
					03 Spin-Up Time	193 (186) Data 0000000CF4
					04 Start/Stop Count	100 (100) Data 00000001D5
					05 Reallocated Sectors Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
					07 Seek Error Rate	100 (253) Data 0000000000
					09 Power-On Hours (POH)	073 (073) Data 0000004E6E
					0A Spin Retry Count	100 (100) Data 0000000000
					0B Recalibration Retries	100 (100) Data 0000000000
					0C Device Power Cycle Count	100 (100) Data 00000001C2
					C0 Power-off Retract Count	200 (200) Data 00000001B7
					C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count	172 (172) Data 0000014FC4
					C2 Temperature	104 (092) Data 0000000027
					C4 Reallocation Event Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
					C5 Current Pending Sector Count	200 (200) Data 0000000002
					C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count	200 (200) Data 0000000002
					C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
					C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate	200 (200) Data 0000000002
					Temperature	40 °C
					Temperature Range	ok (less than 50 °C)
					Status	Good

[djjkxbox360]

The hard drive could be failing, although the SMART test says that the status is good. Try starting the computer in safe mode and see if the problem still occurs

[Del91]

Something may have gotten corrupted when the power got cut.

[Nullianac]

[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;41204323]The hard drive could be failing, although the SMART test says that the status is good. Try starting the computer in safe mode and see if the problem still occurs[/QUOTE]

Safe mode works fine.

[haloguy234]

When your computer freezes up, do you hear anything coming from your hard disks? I had a similar problem not too long ago. The conditions weren't the same as you, but my computer would lock up as soon as one of my hard drives shut down due to a power issue.

Try hooking your hard drive(s) to a separate PSU entirely and see if the problem still persists.

[Nullianac]

Yeah okay it...suddenly works.

Thanks for your help, those who contributed. I appreciate it.