Hardware I keep getting an 0xc00000e9 error

[frazzledazzle]

So yeah, I am running windows 7 ultimate on a toshiba satellite L350D and I try to play the dark knight in vlc and the laptop shuts down, restates and then I get this error. I already have an installation disc and a repair disc but the startup repair doesn't do anything, just goes for hours. I am really stuck as to what I should do, take it out to get repaired or if there is anything I can do without this. Any help at all is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

 

[monkat]

It's a pointer error.

Remove any software you don't need, reformat your hard drive and/or...mainly or, reinstall Windows.

 

[frazzledazzle]

I tried to install it again, and it ran chkdisk and it found all sorts of bad records, the install continues, with dialog boxes saying it can't do this because the file is corrupt and unreadable

 

[monkat]

probably a bad memory stick. I can't post in there coz I don't use Ask Gbatemp. Those statistics on the right scare me, so I want to keep everyone of them on zero

--Raulpica

 

[Bunie]

Your memory stick is fine. Your Hard drive is whats ruined. It must have been dropped one too many times or something. Bad Sectors show physical damage to your hard drive. Sorry about your luck.

 

[frazzledazzle]

Damn, so a new hard drive is the only thing that would fix it?