The message is surely popping up as a result of the SMART feature that is enabled in Bios.
SMART ( Self Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology ) is an interface between a computer's BIOS (basic input/output system) and the computer hard disk.
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It is a feature of the Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE) technology that controls access to the hard drive. If S.M.A.R.T is enabled when a computer is set up, the BIOS can receive analytical information from the hard drive and determine whether to send the user a warning message about possible future failure of the hard drive.
SMART monitors elements of possible long term drive failure, such as 'Spin Up Time', the number of start/stops, the number of hours powered on and the temperature.
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Source: http://www.passmark.com/pr
If you have data and software that you really need, start by backing up immediately what you want or need.
After that download and run "PassMark DiskCheckup - Drive monitoring" from the website above (free for personal use), install and run it.
The results should be obvious.
Post back your findings.
Good luck,
Zee
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by: war1Posted on 2005-09-14 at 08:36:18ID: 14881687
Greetings, imwmt !
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Use Everest to determine the hard drive manufacturer
http://www.lavalys.com/pro
Then run the manufacturer hard disk diagnostic tool to determine if hard drive has a problem
Maxtor/Quantum (Fireball) http://www.maxtor.com/en/s
Western Digital http://support.wdc.com/dow
Samsung http://www.samsungelectron
Seagate http://www.seagate.com/sup
IBM/Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/su
fujitsu/Seimens http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.co
Cheers!