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    Smart Failure predicted on Harddisk and Press F1 to continue

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by muralivvsd, Sep 24, 2010.

  1. muralivvsd

    muralivvsd Newbie

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    Hi All,
    I am using Sony VPCEB11Fx midel with i3 processor and samsung 320GB SATA HardDisk.I formatted My C drive recently and after complete installation I switch on my vaio and at the boot time it is giving following warning.

    Smart failure predicted on Hard disk.Please back-up your data.press f1 to continue.

    Please help me with this probelm.

    Thanks,
    Murali
     
    muralivvsd, Sep 24, 2010
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  2. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    Back up your data, your hard drive may fail soon.
     
    Syberia, Sep 24, 2010
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  3. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    not may... WILL fail soon... if it is under warranty give them a call asap and let them know the harddrive failed a smart test...they should fix it
     
    Texanman, Sep 24, 2010
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  4. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Yes, SMART is warning you that the HDD is operating outside of it's normal parameters. Whether it's just bad sectors or it's something else entirely, if SMART is reporting issues, then you can expect the drive to have a much shorter lifespan than normal. It could fail in the next 5 minutes, or sometime next fall... either way Sony will replace it for you, free of charge.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Sep 24, 2010
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