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a hard drive in the system reports it may fail Intel storage utilit 4.

Started by mcipoletti , Oct 27 2005 04:48 AM

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mcipoletti

Posted 27 October 2005 - 04:48 AM

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I just started getting a warning messsage that reads the above message. any idea what this could be?

The message reads: A hard drive in the system reports it may fail

when I click the warning message it opens up an intel storage utility window

Any ideas?

Edited by mcipoletti, 27 October 2005 - 05:59 AM.

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gerryf

Posted 27 October 2005 - 08:38 AM

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That is SMART, a technology that allows your drive to alert you when it is going to fail.

You shoudl by a new drive immediately and back up your stuff