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Hard Disk Failure Predicted
Name: Tricky Date: November 13, 2003 at 03:30:04 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: p3
Comment:
I booted up to this pleasant msg:
SMART Failure predicted on Hard Disk 1: Maxtor 98196h8-(ps)
Warning: Immediatly back up your data and replace your hard drive.
A failure may be imminent.
Is the drive really toast? is there any way to test it?
Name: Hooner Date: November 13, 2003 at 03:43:18 Pacific
Reply:
Hard to tell, some people get the message and their drive dies, some people get it with no effect. Run CHKDSK from the Start menu, if it comes back with no problems you should be ok.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kevin Date: November 13, 2003 at 05:49:24 Pacific
Reply:
I wouldn't take the chance. As a LAN administrator I have seen this same message a number of times, and failure is, in fact, always imminent -- whether it is a total hard drive failure or a slow degradation. My advice is to follow the warning's suggestion and back up your data and replace your hard drive. With today's prices, it's cheaper to replace the drive and save your data than to face the daunting alternative.
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Response Number 3
Name: George Date: November 13, 2003 at 07:02:54 Pacific
Reply:
You might want to download and run Maxtor's disk diagnosing program; it's free and easy to use. Could tell you for sure what condition you're drive is in.
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Response Number 4
Name: teri Date: November 13, 2003 at 17:53:09 Pacific
Reply:
Check this site. It will test your drive and tell you what (if any) problems there are.
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