Smart Failure Predicted on Hard Disk

Smart Failure Predicted on Hard Disk How to disable this function?

#1 Hguzman

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Posted 14 November 2008 - 08:35 PM

Hello everyone

About a month ago this message appear in my laptop when I powered up:

"Smart Failure Predicted on Hard Disk 2
Warning: Immediately back up your data and replaced you hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent.
Press F1 to continue"

I am being using like this for over a month now everyday and nothing happen yet.

How you disable this message? Is driving me nuts.....

#2 Lloyd T

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Posted 14 November 2008 - 08:40 PM

What is the model of your laptop and how old is it?

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 08:43 PM

My laptop is a Gateway, model MX8754, Intel Dual Core CPU 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 140GB Hard disk and Windows vista 32bit.

I have it for almost two year now

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 09:17 PM

I've just googled your problem and this came up:

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This is usually an indication that the drive is about to fail just as it says, sometimes the drive will work for a small amount of time.

You might want to back up your data then use another hard drive. Since your computer is a laptop, you probably have to replace it soon.

Or, you can just turn off the warnings in the computer BIOS.

More info about SMART Failure:

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SMART monitors and records the change in certain drive characteristics over time such as spin up time, read errors, power on cycles, etc. to determine how much wear and tear the drive has on it and assigns each a value. It then compares your drive’s values to a database of failure rates to predict when it will wear out. So it doesn’t actually test the drive in the true sense of the word. Based on that, the error message implies that there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with your drive at this moment but statistics show most drives in this condition fail soon-replace it.

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#5 Hguzman

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 07:51 PM

Where in the Bios a can disable it? I try but nowhere to be found.

I already did a backup over a month but I think is not wise to replace now when still going....

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 08:09 PM

I'm not really sure since there's different ways for different PC's. How about asking it in the forums?

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 06:15 PM

Lloyd T, on Nov 16 2008, 08:09 PM, said:

I'm not really sure since there's different ways for different PC's. How about asking it in the forums?

Yeah, THat is a good Idea. If someone know how to disable this message in the BIOS?

Thanks,

#8 Hguzman

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 03:00 PM

Can one of you can help me? :huh:

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 03:53 PM

A SMART failure is a prediction that the drive is going to die. There is no way of telling when it's going to die - that's why the message recommends that you replace the hard drive. If you continue using it, the drive will die on you - and it won't care if you're in the middle of something or not. So all that's on it will be lost (unless you back it up).

To turn the warning off, you'll either have to access your system's BIOS to see if it's there, or you'll have to consult the web site of the hard drive manufacturer.

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 04:00 PM

Hguzman, on Nov 15 2008, 08:43 PM, said:

My laptop is a Gateway, model MX8754, Intel Dual Core CPU 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 140GB Hard disk and Windows vista 32bit.

I have it for almost two year now

are you sure its an MX8754? cus they dont list that model number anywhere on their site, not even in the legacy section...

Google also has never heard of a Gateway MX8754

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#11 Hguzman

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 09:48 PM

Michael-Anthony, on Nov 25 2008, 04:00 PM, said:

Hguzman, on Nov 15 2008, 08:43 PM, said:

My laptop is a Gateway, model MX8754, Intel Dual Core CPU 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 140GB Hard disk and Windows vista 32bit.

I have it for almost two year now

are you sure its an MX8754? cus they dont list that model number anywhere on their site, not even in the legacy section...

Google also has never heard of a Gateway MX8754

I made a mistake in one number it is MX8734. Sorry about that.

#12 Hguzman

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 09:51 PM

usasma, on Nov 25 2008, 03:53 PM, said:

All hardrive will die anyway. Laptop or computer is not forever. I will use it in my own risk, I do understand that but in the mid time I think is wise to use it until die.

I went to the BIOS setup and there is not a place to turn it off.

Thanks