hard drive failure?

[GRINGOSTARR]

so i just reformatted today after waking up to a missing dll error. no biggy, a lil annoying, but again no biggy.

now after reformatting, i got the same error again, only this time after restarting, i got my machine back up. any suggestions? HDD Failure? besides that i am clueless.

thanks in advance.

 

[macdude425]

Turn on S.M.A.R.T in BIOS and see what it tells you.

 

[GRINGOSTARR]

Turn on S.M.A.R.T in BIOS and see what it tells you.

what exactly does that do?
ive heard of it but i dont think ive ever used it.

 

[GRINGOSTARR]

ok i guess its a diag tool. seems fine, drive passed all tests from WD's tool.

should i leave this on? it seemed that my system booted up quicker with it on too. does it hurt anything?

 

[Grayfox]

Smart is a very bad way to see if the hdd is goina die.

Best way is loop a sis softsandra on a hdd benchmark overnight, If the machine reboots it self of the hdd fails your hdd is bad. (Or if it reboots and tells you files are missing again)

edit: Nvm you ran wd's dignostic utility it should be enough (I would still loop a high stress test overnight)

 

[GRINGOSTARR]

ok so what about leaving it on? (SMART), does it damage anything?

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

What .dll was it?

hal.dll?

Leave SMART on, no harm and it's great

 

[GRINGOSTARR]

gopcha

 

[macdude425]

S.M.A.R.T is good, but not 100% reliable. It is always a good idea to have it turned on anyways.

 

[Nitestick]

it is peculiar that after a reformat exactly the same error would pop up. i don't think the hdd could be at fault. what exactly did u do. did u backup and copy files back to the hdd?