Smartdrive error

[smartdrive]

On boot I get a Smartdrive imminent hard disk failure
error. It says Attribute #5 failed.. Anyone know what
attribute #5 is and what type of imminent failure I may be
looking at???? I go ahead and press F1 to continue the
boot and everything works OK...

 

[Guest]

I'm a little confused here, a smartdrive is something
that is created by a boot disk and since you mention
nothing about one I am disregarding that info. Imminent
failure failure of a HARDDISK (which is a valid error)
means that your harddrive is about to die. I suggest you
back up your personal data and get a replacement. If
this is truly a SMARTDRIVE error then that would be
referring to RAM, but it makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Guest]

SMART attribute #5: Reallocated Sector Coun

Reallocated Sector Count Indicates amount of remapped sectors. If the sector became bad for some reason then the drive replaces it with a spare sector from a special spare area on your drive

You need to backup your data and replace your harddrive before your old one fails

 

[Tumbleweed]

I'm a little confused here, a smartdrive is something
that is created by a boot disk and since you mention
nothing about one I am disregarding that info.

SMART is some kind of disk monitoring facility AIUI. So its a perfectly
valid error message and as the others have said, it likely means the OPs
disk is about to fail.

 

[Alex Nichol]

On boot I get a Smartdrive imminent hard disk failure
error. It says Attribute #5 failed.. Anyone know what
attribute #5 is and what type of imminent failure I may be
looking at?

S M A R T (not smartdrive which is an old DOS program) is the drive's
own self monitoring. It is reckoning it is about to fail in a big way.
It is probably right. Back up all your data before doing anything then
go to the drive maker's site and see if they have a more extensive
diagnostic program. And I hope it is still in warranty

 

[Guest]

I get the same error but I cannot locate the windows directory or program files directory on my failing hard drive. I need to make a copy of one file but cannot find these directories. Any idea? I also cannot boot up to Windows as it fails out and computer reboots. It is a Compaq that comes preinstalled with WinXP and only has a recovery disk that does not work either.