We have half a dozen questions asking about a boot-time SMART warning:
- On booting my laptop warns me about failure of hard disk is imminent...can it be repaired or to be replaced..?On booting my laptop warns me about failure of hard disk is imminent...can it be repaired or to be replaced..?
- Is there a script to disable a SMART HARD DRIVE FAILURE IS IMMINENT MESSAGEIs there a script to disable a SMART HARD DRIVE FAILURE IS IMMINENT MESSAGE
- Warnings on HDD FAILUREWarnings on HDD FAILURE
- How to fix Failure predicted on Primary Slave: WDCHow to fix Failure predicted on Primary Slave: WDC
- S.M.A.R.T Failure predicted in harddiskS.M.A.R.T Failure predicted in harddisk
- What are reasons for "SMART Failure predicted on hard disk" error?What are reasons for "SMART Failure predicted on hard disk" error?
Should we have a canonical question dealing with this? Or just collect the existing ones under one question? Some answers are effectively duplicates cross-question, so plain merging may not be appropriate.