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08-28-2009, 02:46 PM
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laptop problem
can't figure out why my laptop, when turned on displays that the S.M.A.R.T. detects the hard drive is about to fail and press F1 to start.
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08-28-2009, 02:54 PM
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i also had the same problem with a friends computer. after pressing F1 the computer works fine. just have to see the "press F1 to continue" every time you start the machine.
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08-28-2009, 07:16 PM
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Don't you think you should heed the warning? It's usually an indication that something bad is about too happen.
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08-28-2009, 08:36 PM
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back up your hard drive now and run the manufactures hard drive diagnostic utility.
SMART is a technology built into hard drives the past made in the past 10 years or so. It monitors several key operating attributes of the drive. When one or more of these attributes reach a certain threshold, the drive is deemed as "failing" and it will report this status to the system. The BIOS, if it has SMART support enabled, will then give you a POST error telling you that the drive is failing so that you can perform a backup and replace the drive before it fails completely. |
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