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btrippet · 16-07-2008, 02:36 AM

SMART failure predicted on Hard Disk 2: ST9120821AS-(S1): HP Pavilion dv8000?
My laptop is nearly 2 years old and out of warranty. I have 1 physical hard drive (120GB), but HP had 20GB partitioned off as a second drive for automatic backup. Last year I reformatted my HD and put Vista on, however, I was unable to delete the backup partition and so now that portion is completely dead, unformatted and unusable. I am slightly familiar with SMART errors but given the error message, I am assuming the error is on the second (dead) HD. Any suggestions????

Also, a file within my antivirus program went corrupt and so I am unable to do a complete backup of my primary HD, and I don't have Vista install discs anymore so I would really like to avoid having to set up a new HD and salvage this one if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

16-07-2008, 02:36 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
btrippet Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	SMART failure SMART failure predicted on Hard Disk 2: ST9120821AS-(S1): HP Pavilion dv8000? My laptop is nearly 2 years old and out of warranty. I have 1 physical hard drive (120GB), but HP had 20GB partitioned off as a second drive for automatic backup. Last year I reformatted my HD and put Vista on, however, I was unable to delete the backup partition and so now that portion is completely dead, unformatted and unusable. I am slightly familiar with SMART errors but given the error message, I am assuming the error is on the second (dead) HD. Any suggestions???? Also, a file within my antivirus program went corrupt and so I am unable to do a complete backup of my primary HD, and I don't have Vista install discs anymore so I would really like to avoid having to set up a new HD and salvage this one if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!