Harddrvie error message

WaynelleUK09 · 8 Mar 2010 at 17:01

I was just plays BFBC2 when an error message popped up saying the harddrive is about to fail just wondering how serious i should take this message and does anyone know any good easy to use software i could get to test it?

master811 · 8 Mar 2010 at 17:15

WaynelleUK09 said:
I was just plays BFBC2 when an error message popped up saying the harddrive is about to fail just wondering how serious i should take this message and does anyone know any good easy to use software i could get to test it?

The best thing would be to firstly backup/copy anything important off the drive and onto something else (CD/DVD/Flash drive etc... Documents etc, anything you can't afford to lose. Once that is safe, you should probably get another drive anyway to replace it.

Search for any software that shows SMART status, that should give you the health of the drive and let you know if it needs replacing. Speedfan works well for this, as it links you to a site that analyses the health details (as they aren't friendly to read).

WaynelleUK09 · 8 Mar 2010 at 18:01

I have just downlaod a bit of software called HD tune, and it says the health of the drive is ok, but i might run the error scan on it and see what it says.

weird_dave · 9 Mar 2010 at 09:26

If it happens again, click on the "show details" button at the bottom, it might indicate what the issue is.

WaynelleUK09 · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:29

Ok i will it hasnt popped up since, i ran the error scan on that bit of software for 2 and a half hours and the whole drive was ok :confused: