Hard Disk Drive Error

For the past year and maybe even more, I've been seeing this error message pop up when I'm booting up my computer; every time. Sometimes the error message stays up longer but other times it will just fly by and my Windows XP Home Edition will start loading the main screen. Since the error message about the hard disk usually flies by so fast I have trouble remembering it exactly. It says something approximate to this, **Warning: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that your Hard Disk Drive(I'm not sure, but I think that it says your Primary Ide Drive 0 here) is operating outside of normal specifications. It is reccomended that you immediately back up your data and replace your Hard Disk Drive.**

>Any possible help, insight, advice, etc. is welcome and appreciated, Thank you.

SMART is a disk monitoring utility that monitors hard drive
health. As the message says, something is wrong and the
drive could fail.

Call Dell tech support, maybe the drive is under warranty.



"Matt" <rbert@ncweb.com> wrote in message
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| For the past year and maybe even more, I've been
seeing this error message pop up when I'm booting up my
computer; every time. Sometimes the error message stays up
longer but other times it will just fly by and my Windows XP
Home Edition will start loading the main screen. Since the
error message about the hard disk usually flies by so fast I
have trouble remembering it exactly. It says something
approximate to this, **Warning: Dell's Disk
Monitoring System has detected that your Hard Disk Drive(I'm
not sure, but I think that it says your Primary Ide Drive 0
here) is operating outside of normal specifications. It is
reccomended that you immediately back up your data and
replace your Hard Disk Drive.**
|
| >Any possible help, insight, advice, etc. is welcome and
appreciated, Thank you.

Is there any way I could use SMART to find out what exactly is wrong or download a program that could tell me more specifically what is wrong.

SMART is there to tell you when something is wrong with your HD. You may be
able to download a disk diagnostic App. from the HD Mfr's web-site but,
SMART already told you what is wrong, your HD is defective. Heed the
warning, it may drag on for another year or it could quit without further
notice.

LOL, JAX

"Matt" <rbert@ncweb.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way I could use SMART to find out what exactly is wrong
or download a program that could tell me more specifically what is wrong.