Qosmio X - Internal system disk at risk

G'day all.
I started getting an error message when i start up and also in the Toshiba bulletin board. This was to do a backup of my Primary drive because it was imminent that my HDD was going to fail. I have only got the laptop for 6 months. I couldn't believe this.
Can anyone help me as to what might have caused this to happen? Now it is under warranty if i give it back to my service provider? I dont want to lose all the programs installed , as i havent got much data in the Primary, its only the installed Programs which i am soo worried about.
In the INTEL RAPID STORAGE TECHNOLOGY , it mentions:
MANAGE DISK
Port 0 Activate port LED
Port location: Internal
Status: At risk ........ Reset disk to normal
Usage :Unknown
Size: 610,480 MB
Serial number: XXXXXXXXX
Model : Toshiba MK646XXXX
Firmware: GJ002M
Advanced
System disk: YES
Password protected: NO
Disk data cache: Enabled
Native command quering: YES
SATA transfer mode Generation:2
Physical sector size: 512 bytes
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
My Laptop's a Intel (R) Core (TM) i7 CPU Q820 @ 1.73G Hz, 8.00 GB RAM, 64 bit operating system windows 7 Home Premium.
Please any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Prayag.

Hi Prayag,
The exact notebook model number would be very useful ;)
> I have only got the laptop for 6 months.
This says absolutely nothing. Notebook could be just 4 weeks old and it would be possible that hardware part is starting malfunctioning. Notebook contains a lot of electrical parts and nobody can say how long they life.
In your case I would be happy that it happens in warranty time and not after warranty. At the moment the repairs are for free due warranty, after this you have to pay for it.
Anyway, in your case I would try to reinstall Windows from recovery disk before you contact an ASP. Maybe its just a defective sector of file system and this can be solved with reinstalling Windows.
Otherwise contact an ASP. The guys can help to repair the notebook and order a new HDD. Here you can find a list of them:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Find an authorized service provider

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