Windows detected a hard disk problem

I just installed Vista Business SP1 on an HP dx5150 that has two Samsung 1Tb
Sata drives in a RAID-1 using the builtin Sata RAID controller. I get
periodic messages saying "Windows detected a hard disk problem", and the
system event log has warning events: "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."

As the machine was just installed I had no data to preserve, so I downloaded
the Samsung Estools ISO image, made a CD, booted from it, and ran a full
test on both disks without any problems being detected.

So it seems that the warning being generated spurious, and due to a driver
and/or software error rather than an actual problem with either of the
disks.

Nick Payne

It had happened to me 3 times on 3 HD and western digital replaced all three
if windows says it will fail it will

"Nick Payne" <someone@nowhere.au> wrote in message
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> I just installed Vista Business SP1 on an HP dx5150 that has two Samsung
> 1Tb Sata drives in a RAID-1 using the builtin Sata RAID controller. I get
> periodic messages saying "Windows detected a hard disk problem", and the
> system event log has warning events: "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."
>
> As the machine was just installed I had no data to preserve, so I
> downloaded the Samsung Estools ISO image, made a CD, booted from it, and
> ran a full test on both disks without any problems being detected.
>
> So it seems that the warning being generated spurious, and due to a driver
> and/or software error rather than an actual problem with either of the
> disks.
>
> Nick Payne
>