Event Viewr: ID 52

[Julie]

I'm gettint the following error in event viewer:



Event Type: Warning

Event Source: Disk

Event Category: None

Event ID: 52

Date: 5/31/2010

Time: 4:45:41 PM

User: N/A

Computer: COMPUTER1

Description:

The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 has predicted that

it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk

drive. A failure may be imminent.



Other info:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer MSI

System Model MS-7309

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2913 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.2, 9/25/2009

SMBIOS Version 2.6

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"

Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 1.06 GB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 5.60 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys



This is a WD SATA HHD. I ran an extended test with WD Data Lifeguard

Diagnostics and found no errors. I've disabled the S.M.A.R.T feature and

re-enabled it. I still get this error.



This hard drive is less than 30 days old. I know its good.



My question - isn't there a registry hack to disable this event?

 

[SC Tom]

"Julie" wrote in message

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> I'm gettint the following error in event viewer:

>

> Event Type: Warning

> Event Source: Disk

> Event Category: None

> Event ID: 52

> Date: 5/31/2010

> Time: 4:45:41 PM

> User: N/A

> Computer: COMPUTER1

> Description:

> The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 has predicted

> that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard

> disk drive. A failure may be imminent.

>

> Other info:

> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

> System Manufacturer MSI

> System Model MS-7309

> System Type X86-based PC

> Processor x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2913 Mhz

> BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.2, 9/25/2009

> SMBIOS Version 2.6

> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

> Locale United States

> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"

> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB

> Available Physical Memory 1.06 GB

> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

> Page File Space 5.60 GB

> Page File C:\pagefile.sys

>

> This is a WD SATA HHD. I ran an extended test with WD Data Lifeguard

> Diagnostics and found no errors. I've disabled the S.M.A.R.T feature and

> re-enabled it. I still get this error.

>

> This hard drive is less than 30 days old. I know its good.

>

> My question - isn't there a registry hack to disable this event?

>

>

Check on WD's site in their faq section and see if there is a known

(non)-problem with this particular series of drives. They may have a fix for

it.



As an aside, I have seen drives less than 30 days old fail for various

reasons, so that's not an impossible scenario

--

SC Tom

 

[Twayne]

In news:eC5vvpQALHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

Julie typed:

> I'm gettint the following error in event viewer:

>

> Event Type: Warning

> Event Source: Disk

> Event Category: None

> Event ID: 52

> Date: 5/31/2010

> Time: 4:45:41 PM

> User: N/A

> Computer: COMPUTER1

> Description:

> The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0

> has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your

> data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be

> imminent.

> Other info:

> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

> System Manufacturer MSI

> System Model MS-7309

> System Type X86-based PC

> Processor x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD

> ~2913 Mhz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.2, 9/25/2009

> SMBIOS Version 2.6

> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

> Locale United States

> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512

> (xpsp.080413-2111)" Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB

> Available Physical Memory 1.06 GB

> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

> Page File Space 5.60 GB

> Page File C:\pagefile.sys

>

> This is a WD SATA HHD. I ran an extended test with WD Data

> Lifeguard Diagnostics and found no errors. I've disabled

> the S.M.A.R.T feature and re-enabled it. I still get this

> error.

> This hard drive is less than 30 days old. I know its good.

>

> My question - isn't there a registry hack to disable this

> event?



Umm, if you're still getting that error, you should heed its advice and get

another hard drive to replace this one with. You should still be under

warranty so it shouldn't cost you anything; just talk to wherever you bought

it; you have a valid need to have the drive exchanged.

Turning off SMART notifications is also foolhardy, as is ignoring the

advice to back up your important data NOW! If that's too much work for you,

then you deserve whatever is going to happen within the next second, minute,

day, week, whatever. You have been warned.

Experience tells me that you will suffer a premature drive failure. That

fact that it's less than 30 days old in reality means the drive hasn't yet

passed the infant mortality rate for use in your system. It does NOT mean

that the drive HAS to be good!



It's your choice of course, whatever you decide to do; but you should be

able to get that drive changed out for free on warranty unless you bought

the machine sidewise somehow.



HTH,



Twayne`

 

[Julie]

I also forgot to mention that I'm getting the same error occasionally with

my second hard drive which is a Maxtor. I haven't checked it with a

diagnostic program yet, but this leads me to thing its a system problem -

NOT a hard drive problem.





"Twayne" wrote in message

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> In news:eC5vvpQALHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

> Julie typed:

>> I'm gettint the following error in event viewer:

>>

>> Event Type: Warning

>> Event Source: Disk

>> Event Category: None

>> Event ID: 52

>> Date: 5/31/2010

>> Time: 4:45:41 PM

>> User: N/A

>> Computer: COMPUTER1

>> Description:

>> The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0

>> has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your

>> data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be

>> imminent.

>> Other info:

>> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

>> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

>> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

>> System Manufacturer MSI

>> System Model MS-7309

>> System Type X86-based PC

>> Processor x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD

>> ~2913 Mhz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.2, 9/25/2009

>> SMBIOS Version 2.6

>> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

>> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

>> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

>> Locale United States

>> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512

>> (xpsp.080413-2111)" Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB

>> Available Physical Memory 1.06 GB

>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

>> Page File Space 5.60 GB

>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys

>>

>> This is a WD SATA HHD. I ran an extended test with WD Data

>> Lifeguard Diagnostics and found no errors. I've disabled

>> the S.M.A.R.T feature and re-enabled it. I still get this

>> error.

>> This hard drive is less than 30 days old. I know its good.

>>

>> My question - isn't there a registry hack to disable this

>> event?

>

> Umm, if you're still getting that error, you should heed its advice and

> get another hard drive to replace this one with. You should still be under

> warranty so it shouldn't cost you anything; just talk to wherever you

> bought it; you have a valid need to have the drive exchanged.

> Turning off SMART notifications is also foolhardy, as is ignoring the

> advice to back up your important data NOW! If that's too much work for

> you, then you deserve whatever is going to happen within the next second,

> minute, day, week, whatever. You have been warned.

> Experience tells me that you will suffer a premature drive failure. That

> fact that it's less than 30 days old in reality means the drive hasn't yet

> passed the infant mortality rate for use in your system. It does NOT mean

> that the drive HAS to be good!

>

> It's your choice of course, whatever you decide to do; but you should be

> able to get that drive changed out for free on warranty unless you bought

> the machine sidewise somehow.

>

> HTH,

>

> Twayne`

>

>