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Smart failure detected on hard drive (PCG-FRV31)

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ravichandra	Smart failure detected on hard drive (PCG-FRV31)	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3 (November 23, 2003 3:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I'm getting this message" Smart failure detected on hard drive...," "Backup data failure is imminent". My laptop model is PCG-FRV31. I heard this is not a real hard drive failure thru some google search. I reformatted the hard drive and still I'm getting the message. Now there is no OS loaded. Could someone please come up with ideas to fix this problem. Thank you in advance.
steve1a	Re: Smart failure detected on hard drive (PCG-FRV31)	#1	[-]
Posts: 4112 (November 23, 2003 4:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You might run a a second opinion: www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm And if you are very very confident that the message is indeed in error you can disable the Smart Detect in the Bios...to disable the message Trouble shooting wise making sure that the drive hasn't been jostled around to create an error based on loose connections might be a step to check. Personally before going too far and reloading too much data... you could again turn the message off in the Bios load the OS... and very little else to get a better feel for what might unfortunately still be as it says an imminent failure of the drive. I wouldn't take too much of a chance myself... shop around ..preferrably locally... unless you are comfortable in changing it out your self... I have a local Computer repair shop that would charge $150. for a 40g installed. and they handle the warranty for 2 years of replacement and labor to boot.

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