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Dell's Disk Monitoring System Warning
When I boot up my Inspiron 8500, I get the following message:
WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that drive 0 on the primary EIDE controller is operating outside of normal specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive by calling your support desk or Dell Computer Corporation.
Is there anything I can do to fix this? Is the only option to replace the hard drive?
Davet50
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July 3rd, 2009 14:00
Yes take this seriously. Back up the hard drive and replace it. It is telling you the drive is starting to go and when it does it will give no other warning.
Bulldog1021
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July 3rd, 2009 19:00
Thanks. Everything is backed up already. I was hoping that there was another solution other than a new hard drive. Thanks for the advice.
gergman
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July 2nd, 2011 14:00
My dell dimension 4500 has had this error message for at least 5 years. I finally started looking for a way to turn it off. The problem is not the hard drive.