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Does this mean my hard drive is bad?

post #1 of 5
6/18/04 at 7:05pm
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I got my laptop yesterday morning.

the laptop was working fine for a while and then programs began hanging up. if one hung, all the others would start to as well.

i ran the short version of the hard drive test on pc-doctor, and this is what FAILED:
device hts726060m9at00 (my hard drive, i presume) - SMART short self test (error code)

I re-installed everything, then ran pc-doctor again. i got the same test failure, although the rest of the hard drive tests passed.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?? Are the two situations connected??

thanksss
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post #2 of 5
6/19/04 at 7:53pm
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ack, now that specific test fails every other time it runs.

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post #3 of 5
6/19/04 at 11:58pm
what it means is BACK UP NOW IF YOU CAN save all the things you dont want to lose


and as kangazoom said what are the specific failers
edit oops thats you
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post #4 of 5
6/20/04 at 1:22am
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fire -- thanks sooo much for replying! the laptop seems to be working fine now, but i have sent for a new hard drive anyway.

this was the error, as told from pc-doctor: device hts726060m9at00 (my hard drive, i presume) - SMART short self test (error code)

I am not sure what it means -- will my hard drive fail soon? Does this mean the hard drive is bad, even though it seems fine now??

thanks again!
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post #5 of 5
6/20/04 at 2:04am
device hts726060m9at00 is your hard drive it seems to be a Hitachi?

not sure if it will help but run this to see if possibly something is corrupt in windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315265

i would say if you swap the hard drive reguardless its always good to get new stufff
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