SMART erorr! Please help!

dannaswolcott · 08-20-2006, 11:51 AM

hi all, i have a compaq desktop hear, and when it boots, its giving me this erorr, SMART, Back up and replace, press F2 to boot, i press F2, and it boots. The pc does seam to run ok, but i have a felling that the hard drive may be on its way out. I have checked the bios for a setting to disable the SMART warning and i cant find it. Is there a way i can erase the smart erorr or fix my hard drive? i really don't have any money for a new HD at this time. Thx

SirKenin · 08-20-2006, 03:46 PM

You can turn off the SMART warning in your BIOS, but it's time to replace the drive. Failure is imminent.

**The_Other_One** · 08-20-2006, 05:05 PM

Yes...if your computer still works, you're lucky SMART actually caught it. Just make a backup of everything and be sure you don't save anything else on the drive. Who knows, it might continue to work for another few months...or it might die tonight.

**Shady** · 08-20-2006, 06:15 PM

backup your data
i had the same error on a lap but i didn't get the chance to save my data
the HDD is going to die

Iluvpenguins · 08-20-2006, 07:23 PM

I assume a funeral is in order?

Altanore · 08-20-2006, 08:48 PM

One suggestion, if it does die and you were unable to backup all your data, stick the hard drive in the freezer for a while. It's been proven to work. Makes the hard drive work again for a few hours.... just enough time to get all ur data off of it.

**Shady** · 08-20-2006, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altanore

One suggestion, if it does die and you were unable to backup all your data, stick the hard drive in the freezer for a while. It's been proven to work. Makes the hard drive work again for a few hours.... just enough time to get all ur data off of it.

are you kidding !?

Altanore · 08-20-2006, 09:38 PM

nope:

http://www.gusperez.com/archives/200...drive_dead.php
http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/200...over-data.html
http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/04/18/...n-the-freezer/

Make sure it goes into a plastic baggy tho.

EDIT:

Quote:

I'll give it a whirl, I've heard why it works before but let me try and explain.
Usually the problem this fixes is the hard drive has stopped spinning or slowed down too much, the bearings are locked up. By putting it through temperature extremes the internal components and lubrication expand and contract loosening them up and redistributing the lubrication.
In any event, it's not a permanent fix! You're hard drive still has problems and needs to be replaced, it just gives you some time to recover your data first. make no mistake, your hard drive is FAILING if you have to do this and needs to be replaced!
–Ben Franske
CCNA

TonyBAMF · 08-20-2006, 11:40 PM

I though that it did work but only for those old 5mb drives.

SirKenin · 08-21-2006, 02:12 AM

It's a trick that's hit and miss. Sometimes it works for a few minutes. Most times it doesn't work at all, but you have nothing to lose by trying it.

08-20-2006, 11:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
dannaswolcott Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: world of my own Age: 17 Posts: 315	SMART erorr! Please help! hi all, i have a compaq desktop hear, and when it boots, its giving me this erorr, SMART, Back up and replace, press F2 to boot, i press F2, and it boots. The pc does seam to run ok, but i have a felling that the hard drive may be on its way out. I have checked the bios for a setting to disable the SMART warning and i cant find it. Is there a way i can erase the smart erorr or fix my hard drive? i really don't have any money for a new HD at this time. Thx __________________ Custom Built, Intel Pentium Dual Core 2ghz OC to 2.60ghz, 320gb HD, Win VISTA & XP, 500W PSU, 512mb Video Card DVD-RW (Aug 08)Toshiba Satellite A135-S7406 Laptop, Celeron M 1.73ghz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW, Windows VISTA(Dec 17th 2007) Compaq Desktop Celeron D 3.20ghz, Windows XP Pro, 120gb SATA Hard Drive, 100 GB IDE Hard Drive, 200gb SATA Hard Drive, DVD-RW DL, DVD-ROM, 1.5GB DDR Memory (Bought in Spt 2006) Road Runner,Wireless N My Home Page: www.wolcottscomputersupport.net

08-20-2006, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Yes...if your computer still works, you're lucky SMART actually caught it. Just make a backup of everything and be sure you don't save anything else on the drive. Who knows, it might continue to work for another few months...or it might die tonight. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

08-20-2006, 06:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shady Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cairo Age: 21 Posts: 2,362	backup your data i had the same error on a lap but i didn't get the chance to save my data the HDD is going to die __________________ Phenom X4 9850 BE Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 Radeon HD 3450 WD5000AAKS 500 GB

08-20-2006, 07:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Iluvpenguins Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kitchener Ontario Posts: 1,293	I assume a funeral is in order? __________________ My computer: Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.01ghz Gigabyte P31-DS3L Patriot 2x1GB DDR2-800 @ 1032mhz EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Antec 500W w/32A on 12v rail WD 80GB HDD,WD 500GB HDD Ultra Aluminus Full Tower Case (Black Finish)

08-20-2006, 08:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 21 Posts: 255	One suggestion, if it does die and you were unable to backup all your data, stick the hard drive in the freezer for a while. It's been proven to work. Makes the hard drive work again for a few hours.... just enough time to get all ur data off of it. __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

08-20-2006, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	You can turn off the SMART warning in your BIOS, but it's time to replace the drive. Failure is imminent.

08-20-2006, 11:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
TonyBAMF Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 412	I though that it did work but only for those old 5mb drives. __________________ 19" Viewsonic 2ms Core 2 Duo E6600 ATI X1900XT 512MB BadAxe Mobo 2GB DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS Sound Blaster X-Fi 500GB re2 WD HDD DVD burner with lightscribe

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	It's a trick that's hit and miss. Sometimes it works for a few minutes. Most times it doesn't work at all, but you have nothing to lose by trying it.

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