Hard drive failure

Question

My hard drive hasent completely stopped working but when running active smart. I get an error message saying to back up my hard drive and replace it......computer is slightly over a year old.....wow why do these parts in dell computers burn out so quickly? My other hard drive I have in is the same except its from maxtor its a quantum fireball 40gig been running for 5+ years and still running strong.....first signs of my hard drive getting messed up was when I bought my dual layer dvd burner and noticed when i burned files from my main drive the buffer would fly up and down like crazy but when I would burn stuff from the slave drive the buffer stayed at constant 95%-100%. If anyone has a suggestion for me on anything I can do besides run IDE diagnostics....(tried that for hour and a half with dell technician)

shesagordie · Answer

jbenington86.   Take the advise and replace the hard drive. Hard drives can fail at any time, hence the reason for keeping important data and files backed up.  I've had them fail within thirty days of buying a new computer, after a year or two and others are still working after several years, hard drives are mechanical devices and as such will fail, it's just a question of when.     Bev.

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