Re: laptop hard drives

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"jaz" <jaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0F661013-39FE-456A-9E1B-6925FDEF792F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
was on another forum and saw this

My laptop (HP Compaq) is showing a black screen that says roughly that I
should back up my data because the hard disk 2 maybe failing


never had a h-d fail. do they give warning before they do crash?

This is the SMART feature, and there is absolutely no benefit in doubting what it tells you.

At this point, the drive has a limited number of hours of operation left. Don't waste them by running it or trying to fix it; all you should do is recover your data.

Remove the drive, get a new one of the same connector type (IDE or SATA), clone the old one to the new one. This should take about an hour unless the drive really is failing. Install the new one and proceed.

If the drive is in poor shape, you'll have to reinstall or restore the OS to the new hard disk, install your apps, then attach your old drive and copy your data over as quickly as possible.

HTH
-pk





there was no answer on the other forum.

thanks



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