Hard drive S.M.A.R.T. failure

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Spazmatism

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Yesterday these hard disk problems started. I was messing around with a game, then it minimized and the "windows has detected hard disk problems" window came up. I restarted, and I got the "SMART status bad, backup and replace" notification on the bios. I can still use this computer, nothing seems wrong. I looked into it more with CrystalDiskInfo and the bad SMART attribute is seek time performance. The value is 3 and the threshold is 20.
I'm thinking it was caused by me switching the hard drive daily with my family whom I share my computer with. I am not using an SSD, the hard drive is a Hitachi.
I'm wondering if there is a way to repair this although I have read that SMART errors are rarely repairable.
 
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popatim
While you cant repair all hdd problems, you can be diligent in making backups so that when a drive fails its mere an inconvenience and not a disaster.

Keep an eye on those values and get yourself an external drive for backups. I would suggest really important files, like family photo's, also be burned to dvd if you can, 2 backup copies is better than 1.
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While you cant repair all hdd problems, you can be diligent in making backups so that when a drive fails its mere an inconvenience and not a disaster.

Keep an eye on those values and get yourself an external drive for backups. I would suggest really important files, like family photo's, also be burned to dvd if you can, 2 backup copies is better than 1.
 
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there Spazmatism,

This attribute could indicate some mechanical flaw and the HDD could fail at any time. You need to back up the data stored on the drive as popatim already suggested.
In case it is under warranty, I guess you can contact the HDD's manufacturer.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
 
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Spazmatism

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The strangest thing just happened, after checking on CrystalDiskInfo a few times over a day, seek time performance is back to normal at 115. The BIOS now does not give a SMART notification on startup. Could the SMART sensors be acting up? However, I noticed a very short message just before the windows boot up screen. It was too quick to make out, is there a way to see it in the event viewer?
 
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I guess you can reset your CMOS. Here's how: http://www.howtogeek.com/131623/how-to-clear-your-computers-cmos-to-reset-bios-settings/
In case you have additional SATA and power cables, you can attach the drive with those.
Just test the drive from time to time and keep an eye on the attributes.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
 
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