I think that my HDD might be about to fail - Help?

[The mouse]

So recently my PC has been slow to boot when it used to be very quick, my HDD is usually maxed out by the smallest things, for example even 0.1Mbs can max it out and earlier today I noticed that my PC was being slower than usual and when I shut it down it took far longer than it usually did and when I turned it back on it didn't boot properly, hanging on the Windows 8 start up screen with the HDD activity light doing nothing. To fix this I turned my PC off at the PSU and turned it back on again and it booted properly.

As a result of all these things I'm afraid that my HDD might be about to fail or in the process of failing, and I was wondering whether I'm right about this and if I am whether there's anything I can do about it. If I'm wrong then what is the problem and what can I do about it?

[The mouse]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;47280307][URL="http://www.hdtune.com/"]Get the smart data off of it first[/URL][/QUOTE]

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It seems to think that my HDD is fine and the Error Scan turned up clean.

[Warship]

Smart doesn't always detect bad drives. You problem can also be a bad SATA cable I think.

[The mouse]

[QUOTE=Warship;47280910]Smart doesn't always detect bad drives. You problem can also be a bad SATA cable I think.[/QUOTE]

I have moved my PC around a lot in the last year, is it possible that the cable is loose or something like that?

[Curls]

[QUOTE=The mouse;47281178]I have moved my PC around a lot in the last year, is it possible that the cable is loose or something like that?[/QUOTE]

nothing reconnecting it can't fix I'm sure

thankfully, HDD's are as cheap as bricks these days

[FordLord]

If the HDD isn't bad and the cables check out, it may just need cleaning/optimizing.
Here's a quick quide I put together;
[quote] I usually start out with;
Running Glary Utilities, '1-click maintanence' first, then registry
defrag.
Running CCLeaner, checking everything in both cleaning modes.
In CCLeaner, check the Startup programs and Scheduled Tasks.
Most can be disabled. Google is your friend here.
After that, I run a disk defrag from Glary Utilities.

After that, I tweak Windows.
Disable UAC
Disable search indexing
Disable system restore (IF you know enough to repair Windows
without it)
Change the page file size to a static number (I usually pick twice the
RAM size)
Disable Remote Assistance/Remote desktop

I then clean up the Services.
This is a great guide on what you can disable;
[url]www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-8-1-service-configurations/[/url][/quote]
This can really bring old installs back to life.