master hared disk s.m.a.r.t backup and replace

perathprabha · 03-13-2008, 05:26 AM

Helo sirs,

I use Redhat Linux 9, and when i login last day, i got a message from the boot point that "Master hdd S.M.A.R.T, BAD, backup, replace. What does it mean??

I just formatted and re-installed linux again it looks working good again. I got the above message first time. Let me know whether I have to replace the hdd sata 160GB of my system??

prabha

Junior Hacker · 03-13-2008, 10:40 PM

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Let me know whether I have to replace the hdd sata 160GB of my system??

That's what it's saying, a hard drive failure is near. Back up any data you want to keep.