SMART Disk Failure?!

**Chrono Archangel** · September 26th, 2003

Well this is the third time my PC has given me a SMART Disk Failure warning when i open my PC..... Should i really be worried? I mean my PC is already ******p so im thinking one more peice of hardware that is screwing up aint bad..... I heard on some websites that when it gives a SMARt error it can die in the hours following the message....well its been three days now..

So what should i do? is there a way to know whats the problem? i download Active SMART but it made an error and couldnt detect my drive lol

Quark · September 26th, 2003

SMART is a technology on your hard drive designed to warn of impending hard drive failures. If SMART is giving you a message, it's time to back up your stuff and get a new hard drive

**Chrono Archangel** · September 26th, 2003

but see my pc is always acting crazy like that so im thinking its not that important.....

Quark · September 26th, 2003

Your hard drive will simply get worse with use. It could take days, weeks, or minutes. Eventually it'll be in bad enough shape that you can't load the operating system. At that point it might be possible to retrieve data from the HD using a seperate boot disk (or CD). It could completely skip that and become undetectable ... you want to pay a company for file recovery? Very expensive, very unreliable.

Just remember, you're gambling with everything that's on your hard drive.

**Chrono Archangel** · September 26th, 2003

well I got an 80gb portable hard drive that i can take in and out so i have enough space to backup everything on it. most is already backed up.

D.D. · September 27th, 2003

A suggestion: maybe Win ME is whats causing the problems...

Iran · September 29th, 2003

if you are using WD drive get their data lifeguard tools and do some checking with your drive

**Chrono Archangel** · September 29th, 2003

i have a 30gb Maxtor, and its been a week and still no crash from the harddrive. Im pretty sure its my ME thats is all screwed up

September 26th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,129	SMART Disk Failure?! Well this is the third time my PC has given me a SMART Disk Failure warning when i open my PC..... Should i really be worried? I mean my PC is already ******p so im thinking one more peice of hardware that is screwing up aint bad..... I heard on some websites that when it gives a SMARt error it can die in the hours following the message....well its been three days now.. So what should i do? is there a way to know whats the problem? i download Active SMART but it made an error and couldnt detect my drive lol __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

September 26th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Quark Has an extra GOTO 10 Line Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 250	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! SMART is a technology on your hard drive designed to warn of impending hard drive failures. If SMART is giving you a message, it's time to back up your stuff and get a new hard drive

September 26th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,129	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! but see my pc is always acting crazy like that so im thinking its not that important..... __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

September 26th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Quark Has an extra GOTO 10 Line Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 250	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! Your hard drive will simply get worse with use. It could take days, weeks, or minutes. Eventually it'll be in bad enough shape that you can't load the operating system. At that point it might be possible to retrieve data from the HD using a seperate boot disk (or CD). It could completely skip that and become undetectable ... you want to pay a company for file recovery? Very expensive, very unreliable. Just remember, you're gambling with everything that's on your hard drive.

September 26th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,129	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! well I got an 80gb portable hard drive that i can take in and out so i have enough space to backup everything on it. most is already backed up. __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

September 27th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
D.D. band Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HERE Posts: 4,566	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! A suggestion: maybe Win ME is whats causing the problems... __________________ 1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two 2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot. 3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」 The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

September 29th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Iran Iran Pogi Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Stanmore Posts: 632	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! if you are using WD drive get their data lifeguard tools and do some checking with your drive

September 29th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,129	Re: SMART Disk Failure?! i have a 30gb Maxtor, and its been a week and still no crash from the harddrive. Im pretty sure its my ME thats is all screwed up __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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