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You don't put failing cardiac patients on a treadmill.
A sick hard drive should be treated the same. As little use as possible (and absolutely no defrag)
Run to the store and get a new drive and CLONE the old one NOW. You might lose a couple of already damaged files BUT that is way better than having to start all over after installing Windows fresh, then all your apps, then restoreing files from backups.
I have used Clonezilla to successfully clone a drive with multiple OS (neither the WD or Maxtor clone tools included will do this). All you need is a replacement drive for you PC's needs (style), A USB caddy to hold it if there are no extra drive bays with connections. and the clone software that comes with the retail drive (or clonezilla). Once the clone is done, you replace the failing drive with the new one.
All these tools allow you to GROW the size of the replacement drive. eg 500G > 1T. just buy the size you want, even a SSD
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