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Hard Drive Failure Imminent?

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Voyager22

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Nov 2, 2004
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I am getting the following message in Windows XP, under Computer Management System Logs: "The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately backup your data and replace your hard disk. A failure may be imminent." This refers to my second hard drive and not my primary hard drive with the OS. Should I replace the drive?
 
Yes. That is "S.M.A.R.T." reporting a serious problem with the drive. Back-up any important data. Depending on the actual problem the drive may last for months, or be gone by the time you receive this post!
 
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