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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Drd on February 26, 2012, 01:52:10 AM

Title: smart warning
Post by: Drd on February 26, 2012, 01:52:10 AM

Hello: When I open my Sony laptop, I get a smart warning. It says that failure is imminent, back up hard drives, but it doesn't say more than that. The system specs I can find are: Intel core 2duo CPU p8600  Installed memory 3GB 2.87 GB usable,  Windows 7 service pack 1, disk Toshiba Mk3252 GSX.

  Can this computer be saved? Is there anything we can do to fix whatever problem may exist?

Thank you.

Dr.D

Title: Re: smart warning
Post by: Transfusion on February 26, 2012, 03:13:21 AM

A SMART error is related to the hard drive's self-testing mechanism, which has detected that the hard drive isn't reliable anymore.
Try troubleshooting and repairing errors in your hard drive with this tool:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk and after that, immediately back up your hard drive by removing it from your laptop, plugging it into a working computer with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392032 and then create an image of your hard drive with http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/09/05/5-free-apps-to-clone-your-hard-drive/
You can then replace your hard drive with a new one and still have all your data intact.