Help!!!!!

itsbeef

When laptop starts up i get the following message:

"SMART failure predicted on HARD DISK 0: TOSHIBA MK3021GAS (PM)

1720 S.M.A.R.T Had dsk detects imminent failure (failing Attr :05h)

Please back up the contents of the hard drive and run HDD self test in F2setup

Press F1 to continue"

Any thoughts?

albertross_2

It doesn't sound good..

Have you tried this:

Please back up the contents of the hard drive and run HDD self test in F2 setup

Is it out of warranty?

itsbeef

warranty expired 3 months ago :mad:

not sure how to go about HDD test....DOH!!! sorry

albertross_2

The message suggests Hitting F2 at bootup, and there should be an option in the bios screens.

A smart failure, usually means it is about to fail, so if you have any data on it, back it up while you can.

itsbeef

looks like i need to start digging a hole in the garden then:(

itsbeef

albertross wrote:

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

you could try this, it might work on a Tosh.. but it won't fix the problem, just tell you that you have one.

You could possibly use the sale of goods act (as amended), to claim that it hasn't lasted a reasonable amount of time.

Didnt run on the laptop sadly but that :beer:

One positive development is that just popped into work and tried it out on the network there and the connection was not lost once! Guess this proves it is a modem isue??

Bit strange thought considering housemate had no porblems at all