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That failure is predicted by the SMART reporting system. Its a status chip on the drive that reports to apps that can read the smart data from the hard drive. Its not always accurate but it usually is.
Time backup your data on that drive ASAP and then buy a new drive.
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SOURCE: SMART failure predicted on Hard disk 2: toshiba
back it up immediately, the software on the HD has detected something failing, and it is telling you it is time to back up that drive, and replace the drive, these reports, are usually 100% right.
SOURCE: smart failure predicted on my
Hi there,
Unfortunately this means that the drive is about to fail. Fail means it will eventually stop working and be inaccessible. So you need to back up any important data from the drive now. Get whatever you have on the drive to a back up location (ie another drive/image/burn to dvd/etc).
Its my first post, so I'll explain a bit more. SMART is Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. So Ill put this in easy good terms, Smart is predicting a hard disk is going to go bad (stop working completely, and eventually fail), SMART knows this because it will take stats from how the hard drive is at various times over the years you have it.
Over time such as spin up time, read errors, power on cycles, etc. to determine how much wear and tear the drive has on it and assigns each a value. It then compares your drive's values to a database of failure rates to predict when it will wear out. So it doesn't actually test the drive in the true sense of the word. Based on that, the error message implies that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with your drive at this moment but statistics show most drives in this condition fail soon-replace it.
(Hey at least now you know all this)
Many times people do not get the opportunity to receive a SMART warning, as catastrophic spontaneous failures occur. If you are getting SMART warnings you should definitely take heed of them, as you are fortunate enough to have some time before catastrophic failure to back up data. (Whatevers important, like docs, resumes, pictures.)
Also thats a LAPTOP hard drive, so from experience, back that up right away. Those small hard drives (2.5") are prone to dying in the half the lifespan as the normal hard drives. You also may find that some data may not be accessible, so if you know some moderate skills. Use HDD regenerator. May save you.
Thanks
Rhos Barnes, MCSE, CCNA
Squamish, BC
[email protected]
SOURCE: smart failure predicted on hard
It means that your hard drive is going to crash soon. If all of your important stuff is on there and you don't have an external hard driver or flash driver, shut down the computer until you do. Once you own another hard drive, boot back up and start the backing up process. There is a fantastic free backup program available here:
http://www.fbackup.com/
One trick I've found that works is placing the hard drive in a refrigerator for 30 mins before using it. This will extend it's life by at least 15 minutes.
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SOURCE: Warning Message that windows Dectected Hard Disk Problem
If you can see your data, remove it.. you may have one and only chance. Replace the drive or bring it back to the store under your warantee if any is left, this can not be fixed.
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