dv5226, hard disk 2 problem

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before start up i get this, " SMART failure predicted on Hard Disk 2: ST9120821AS-(S1)". telling me to replace the hard drive, a failure maybe imminent.
its a duo core 1.6ghz,1.5g ddr2 ram,120 hard drive disk space.
ever since i got that msg, it started to slow down, even if im jus palying music it skips, but for some reason skips crazy when the volume is up to almost max.
This laptop is still new,not even 30 days yet, so i can still return it. But is there anything i can do to see if i can fix it? I tried hard drive tests on diagnostics, and full system scans, and i havent deleted any big files that may cause this. anyhelp is appreciated. thanks