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Why do I keep getting an imminent hard drive failure notice on my Gateway laptop?

asked by daguilar (13)

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This message means you hard drive is going to die,soon. Back up all of your files and replace either the drive or the whole system.

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It is very likely that the hard disc drive in your laptop is about to fail. Backup your files and get a replacement as soon as you can.

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Harddrives have a feature called SMART which monitors a plethera of parameters like read and write errors. If values reach a threshold it will trigger this kind of warning. One way to take a look at that is the SMART-Monitor of PartedMagic, a free linux. Backup often and replace soon.

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posted by Phil28 (372)
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You are getting this warning due to an imminent failure of your hard drive. Backup any data you wish to keep to another hard drive or on CD's, NOW!

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Your hard drive has crashed. Hopefully you might be able to recover your data but most likely not. You can reinstall windows hopefully or you may need a new one.

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It is likely that the hard drive contains 'SMART' technology that monitors for read/write failures along with other hard drive error conditions. If certain error thresholds are exceeded you will be warned that a failure is imminent, so you can back up data before it fails.

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posted by Xisco21 (106)
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