Startup message

[solracesoj]

Due to an energy failure my PC shut down suddenly.

When I turned it on the following message appeared:
“Primary Master Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad. Warning: Immediate back-up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be eminent”

Should I take this seriously?

J.C.

 

[bcastner]

Yes.
For SMART capable disks, and a SMART enabled BIOS, the warning should be viewed quite seriously.

If the drive is under Warranty, call the drive manufacturer and request an in-place warranty replacement. When the replacement drive arrives, connect it to your machine and use the manufacturer's drive utility to do a 1:1 copy of the original disk to the replacement.

Return the original disk.

 

[carrr]

I think you might want to start backing up.

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=120

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - Malaclypse the Younger

 

[solracesoj]

THANKS!

So I will have to worry! And hurry!

:-(