SMART: Failure predicted on Hard Disc 4: ?

[Krieglord]

Umm so all of a sudden two days ago my laptop got extremely slow... extremely

When this start appearing



not the best pic but it says

SMART: Failure predicted on Hard Disc 4: WDC WD5000DEVT-22AORTO- (31)

Warning: immediately back up your data and replace your hard disc drive. A failure may be imminent

Press F1 to continue

I didnt really know what to do so launched a factory reset which took about 25 hours... unfortunately due to my own stupidity as I left the room I guess I hit the battery cord with my foot and unplugged it so right as my laptop was close to finishing the reset the battery died...

Anyways now it wont even start properly...



Back to my main question

what can I do about this hard disk failure issue?

[PoleCat]

...I didnt really know what to do so launched a factory reset which took about 25 hours... unfortunately due to my own stupidity as I left the room I guess I hit the battery cord with my foot and unplugged it so right as my laptop was close to finishing the reset the battery died...

Anyways now it wont even start properly....

What happens when you try to boot the system? Does the system get past the splash screen and freeze on a black screen or something else like no power at all?

Back to my main question

what can I do about this hard disk failure issue?

Unfortunately a SMART message like that can mean that the drive is failing and should be backed up and replaced. A factory reset probably won't do the trick here. Now that drive may not die immediately but it is in it's final days/weeks/years. Maybe it will last until you buy a new system - maybe not. It's not 100% predictable. Good luck!

[Krieglord]

What happens when you try to boot the system? Does the system get past the splash screen and freeze on a black screen or something else like no power at all?



Unfortunately a SMART message like that can mean that the drive is failing and should be backed up and replaced. A factory reset probably won't do the trick here. Now that drive may not die immediately but it is in it's final days/weeks/years. Maybe it will last until you buy a new system - maybe not. It's not 100% predictable. Good luck!

Umm I will look and then post exactly what it does in a few hours

and

Ok so... how would I go about replacing the drive?

I have a http://www.trustedreviews.com/Acer-A..._Laptop_review

[PoleCat]

...Ok so... how would I go about replacing the drive?

I have a http://www.trustedreviews.com/Acer-A..._Laptop_review

Since you have a laptop I'd personally recommend taking it to a shop and let them swap out the drive. There is a possibility though that CHKDSK could be used to identify and fix any bad sectors on the drive and isolate them - that might give your drive a little more life. Good luck!

[Krieglord]

Since you have a laptop I'd personally recommend taking it to a shop and let them swap out the drive. There is a possibility though that CHKDSK could be used to identify and fix any bad sectors on the drive and isolate them - that might give your drive a little more life. Good luck!

Kay that makes sence how must would something like this run normally in $ terms

[PoleCat]

Kay that makes sence how must would something like this run normally in $ terms

Well I can't say for certain as you'll need to factor in local labor yourself. But for a decent HDD $100-140US should do the trick to buy the drive. You can order it yourself off of Newegg or the like and take it to a shop and have them install it.

Also figure in that you're going to need to backup your files somehow. If you can do it yourself then you will not have to pay someone else to do it.

One more thing - ask for the old drive back just so it's not floating out there with all your info on it. Good luck!

[Phier]

Last time this happened to me I got 2 weeks before the drive died.

[PoleCat]

Last time this happened to me I got 2 weeks before the drive died.

Yes it's usually the end of days for a drive when you get that warning. But then again I've saved a drive or two using CheckDisk and got it to limp along for awhile past that. SMART isn't entirely focused - it's just a general predictive tool that can be wrong on occasion.

[Krieglord]

Well took it in to staples last Saturday

Waiting till this saturday to pick it up im also getting them to throw in 4gb more of RAM

Hopefully it all works well

The diagnostic alone cost me 55$
new hard drive about 140$
I guess full reformat or whatever you wanna call it back to factory settings is gonna be a bit but dont have exact price...
4gb of RAM 60$