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Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD error.

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Hi there. I am encountering a problem with my PC. I was playing TS3 when suddenly my computer froze. I turned it off by the PSU and switched it on again. It booted up nice and fine until it froze again on the Windows 8.1 logo. I restarted it again, but now my PC is stuck in the BIOS part, and something went up.

It said: Sec Slave Hard Disk:S.M.A.R

T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace. Press F1 to resume.

What does this mean? Help would be greatly appreciated.

Has a Ph.D in Nothing and does not speak Chinese, Italian or French. (aber ich kann Deutsch sprechen)

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The problem is, it freezes on the Windows loading screen and forces you to restart it. Anything else?

Get a secondary HDD and an external HDD enclosure or sata to USB bridge install a Linux bootdisc or something lightweight and copy the partition from your main drive to the new secondary drive?

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Get a secondary HDD and an external HDD enclosure or sata to USB bridge install a Linux bootdisc or something lightweight and copy the partition from your main drive to the new secondary drive?

Thanks. But sadly the PC no longer detects the hard drive.

Has a Ph.D in Nothing and does not speak Chinese, Italian or French. (aber ich kann Deutsch sprechen)

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Thanks. But sadly the PC no longer detects the hard drive.

If it's not showing in bios doesn't mean it isn't detected; if it has unallocated the space the disc will not show up as there is nothing on there.

To check if it is still detected run the windows installation media and check if it is detected and is requesting to be formatted.

Gaming PC: Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Black | PSU: XFX 750w PRO Black Edition 80Plus Gold (Platinum) | CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K | CPU Cooler: BE QUIET! Dark Rock Pro 2 | MB: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S | RAM: 24GB Kingston HyperX and Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz | GPU: MSI R9 280X 3G | SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB | HDD: 9TB Total | Keyboard: K70 RGB Brown | Mouse: R.A.T MMO7

Laptop: HP Envy 15-j151sa | 1920x1080 60HZ LED | APU: AMD A10-5750M 2.5GHZ - 3.5GHZ | 8GB DDR3 1600mhz | GPU: AMD  HD 8650G + 8750M Dual Graphics | 1TB SSHD

 

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If it's not showing in bios doesn't mean it isn't detected; if it has unallocated the space the disc will not show up as there is nothing on there.

To check if it is still detected run the windows installation media and check if it is detected and is requesting to be formatted.

Still no. It's also not listed in the media installation. I don't know what to do now.

Has a Ph.D in Nothing and does not speak Chinese, Italian or French. (aber ich kann Deutsch sprechen)

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