hard drive failure predicted

[chittnp]

I keep getting this message everytime I start my computer, I duly press f1 and continue, and everything seems to be working just fine...is there any kind of test i can run on my Hard drive to verify this? How does the bios gather this information? I have seen this message before, but it went away after a few re-boots. whats the deal?

The Hard drive is a Maxtor 60 GB 7200 RPM...Id really appreciate some advice on this

 

[Bull]

All I can say is go to Maxtors site and download their diagnostic utility. If it says failure is imminent then your drive is going bad. I had a Western Digital that did this. I would back it up immediately before it fails completely.

 

[stool]

You can find links to all the HD manufacturer diagnostics in the Sticky in the Storage forum