"SMART hard drive has encountered iminent failure?

When I turn on my computer a message comes up that states "SMART hard drive has encountered iminent failure." Is there anything I can do to fix this on my own?

This question was answered on May 24, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Perform clean boot to clarify if the problem is caused by your computer's environment (that is, by conflicting drivers, terminate-and-stay programs or other settings that are loaded at startup) To do so:

1 Click "Start" -> "Run" and type "msconfig", press Enter;

2 Under "General" tab choose "Selective startup" and unselect ?Load Startup Items? checkbox;

3 Reboot to see if the problem persists.

4 If the problem is gone go to Startup tab in msconfig and check one item to load and reboot.

Continue adding checked startup items until you will receive the error.

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Posted by Nyree of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on May 24, 2004

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