misterviet wrote:Can a Hard Drive fail when not plugged in? Because I have my computer at my brothers and its getting this message:
Pri Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T Status Bad, Backup and Replace.
I continue...
A Disk Read Error Occurred
I continue and it goes back to the one above, I drove my computer is my brothers house to be fixed. I wanted to know If I can still back up some files if I plug it into another computer, and will the Hard Drive Fail if he doesnt have enough time to look at it..Its not plugged in.
if by hard drive you mean "tower" no if you mean hard drive no
unless it was dead or damaged already
you SHOULD NOT remove the hard drive unless you know what you are doing and have an antistatic wrist strap to prevent (ESD)
