Status BAD.
ok.... my computer is messed up. I know that "some" of my readers know how to fix them. When my computer tries to boot up it says this on a black screen:
WTF does that mean? Can I fix it myself? Its is just becoming VERY irritating having to press spacebar before my comp feels like starting. ANY suggestions would be great.
Pri Slave Hard drive : S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD Back up and Replace
Press Spacebar to Continute
WTF does that mean? Can I fix it myself? Its is just becoming VERY irritating having to press spacebar before my comp feels like starting. ANY suggestions would be great.
posted by pinkpanther at 4/23/2006 10:17:00 AM
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Well, it appears that your hard drive may be dying a slow death. What the "SMART" message is trying to tell you is this:
"S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a diagnostic method originally developed by IBM that at that time referred to as "Predictive Failure Analysis".
*snip*
S.M.A.R.T. analyzes many of the mechanical attributes [of your hard drive]; over time, some failures can be predicted by detecting if the hard disk drive is moving out of tolerance. While the S.M.A.R.T. technology can detect upcoming issues, not all hard drive failures are predictable.
Some of the Major Hard Disk Drive manufacturers now including the S.M.A.R.T Technology in their hard disk drives are IBM, Western Digital, Maxtor, Quantum, Seagate and Fujitsu
Not all hard drive failures are predictable, but by analyzing many of the mechanical attributes over time, some failures are predictable and this is what S.M.A.R.T. does. S.M.A.R.T. measures many attributes of the user's drive over time and decides if they are moving out of tolerance."
In other words: You should backup your hard drive ASAP. Also, you will probably want to replace it (the hard drive) as soon as possible. (It would be a nuisance for you to have to back up every piece of data you work on, while waiting for the imminent disk crash.) :( Feel free to bring it home with you next time you come, by all means.
Must be a McIntosh. You get an inkling of your IBM clone's hard drive death when you smell the smoke and feel that sick feeling in your stomach knowing that you'll never see *those* files again. Game over, dude.
Curse you, Bill Gates!
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