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Smart is pretty reliable at predictiong failure. &nbsp;I'd do what it says and replace the drive asap. &nbsp;It IS going to fail pretty soon.
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Smart is pretty reliable at predictiong failure.  I'd do what it says and replace the drive asap.  It IS going to fail pretty soon.

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personally, i have my doubts about the smart failure predict system; i have several drives with the predicted failure, and they keep running fine for months now, and they show no errors when tested.<br />
Also - i thought smart only logs the different disk operations, and report when you fall out of tolerance, without curing anything. <br />
I prefer to bo wrong on this, so some links proving it can help
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personally, i have my doubts about the smart failure predict system; i have several drives with the predicted failure, and they keep running fine for months now, and they show no errors when tested.
Also - i thought smart only logs the different disk operations, and report when you fall out of tolerance, without curing anything.
I prefer to bo wrong on this, so some links proving it can help

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I am getting a error when i boot my laptop. Smart failure predicted on hard drive<br />
Warming: Immediately backup your data and replace your hard drive.<br />
A failure may be imminent. <br />
Press F1 to continue.<br />
I have tested the hard drive and it looks ok. Is there a way to turn off this warning or turn it down to its lowest level.<br />
thank you.<br />

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I am getting a error when i boot my laptop. Smart failure predicted on hard drive
Warming: Immediately backup your data and replace your hard drive.
A failure may be imminent. 
Press F1 to continue.
I have tested the hard drive and it looks ok. Is there a way to turn off this warning or turn it down to its lowest level.
thank you.


how to turn off smart failure predicted on hard drive

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