Posted June 29, 2008 Hey guys, I've been getting a message up on startup saying "SMART failure O;5T9120824-A (PM). Hard drive failure imminent. Back up data, blah blah" for some time now. Today I've bothered checking it out - and downloaded a program to check the details of the problem, and this is the results. What should I do? Is there any way of removing the start up message? It won't load windows until I press F1 - which is slightly annoying since its a pain pressing F1 all the time... Cheers for yer help! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 29, 2008 It would appear that you need to do a firmware update for your SMART Array and at some stage do a server reboot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 29, 2008 How would I do that? I don't have a server though.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 29, 2008 Do you have any spare storage to do the easy solution of back up and format? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 29, 2008 Yeah, I've all backed it up on my portable HDD - just don't really want to do a format; was hoping there'd be a quick fix solution? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 30, 2008 Ah it's your main drive that has the error? For some reason I had it in my head that it was an external or slave drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 30, 2008 How would I do that? I don't have a server though.. Sorry, I was only quoting what I found on a forum. There may be others with a more detailed explanation if you google it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 30, 2008 Err... Try running a windows error check on the HDD. My computer > Right click Hard drive > properties > Tools tab > check now button. Tick the top two boxes on the pop up window and select start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
