Is this PC doa? (was a formatting question)

[Basil Chupin]

On 16/11/2010 22:58, mdovell at comcast.net wrote:

To start with, to whom are you actually replying?

Configure your mail client to show at the start to whom you are 
replying, OK :-) .

For example, at the very top, above, it shows that I am replying to 
"mdovell at comcast.net" - your post shows nothing llike this..

After stating this , I take it that you may be replying to what I wrote 
earlier.

> Yes it does state this message with the smart failure, unless I change 
> the bios to not notify.
>
> Prior to all of this happening I ran disk ultility and the smart data 
> showed the reallocated sector count was
> pretty high (on red possibly past 100 but I'm not totally sure)
>
> I think that it might not have been the amount of use but the 
> duration. I had this on sometimes for hours
> and the temperature often hovered around 120f.
"120f" is equivalent to something like 48C - is well within the 
operating temperature of hard drives. If you look at the specs for HDs 
you will find that their operating temps max out at well above 48C.

> Could it be possible to buy a portable hard drive and boot off of that?

Yes of course it is.

But you said that what you have is only 2 months old which means that 
the whole sheebang is still under warranty and is subject to replacement 
under that warranty.

However, the first thing here is not to get panicky - your problem will 
get suggestions for its resolution if you provide the answers to any 
questions put to you by the people who are trying to help you in this 
list :-) .

BC

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