Bill said:
I have a message on booting up "Hard disk failure imminent. Please back up
your hard disk and have it replaced".
On what basis does the BIOS determine this please?
Regards.
Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
For the background on S.M.A.R.T., start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring,_Analysis,_and_Reporting_Technology
Having seen the same error, I can only say: "Back up your data
daily until you replace that drive."
On those machines I on which I've seen those S.M.A.R.T. warnings,
catastrophic hard drive failures invariably followed. Some hard drives
lasted for a few days after the warnings first appeared, one lasted
months, and some lasted only minutes. I suppose the one that lasted
months could be considered a false alarm, as months hardly translate to
"imminent," but, on the whole, I'd suggest you take the warnings seriously.
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