S.M.A.R.T status failing after 10.4.7 update. Should I be worried?

After the 10.4.7 upgrade of my iMac Core Duo, the disk utility tries to upset me (with luck) saying that my drive is failing (fatal hardware error). The system might be correct, but I doubt it. The drive seems to working OK (as far as I can tell). However, the system says to backup 'as much as possible' and replace the drive.
Is this just a software issue or is my drive really on the edge of dying?
There is a 136 Gb Mac partition, and a 15 Gb Windows partition.
The repair and verify buttons in disk utility do not work. It seems there is not much I can test.
Thanks,
Armand
IMac Core Duo 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Check this link regarding SMART technology.
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/smart-technology.html
This is not something you should ignore or doubt and is not a software issue especially if the drive cannot be repaired by Disk First Aid repair and the SMART status indicates the hard drive is failing.
Apple does not manufacture hard drives and hard drives can and do fail even when new and still under warranty. I've owned a number of Macs over the years and I experienced a complete hard drive failure only once - before SMART technology was available on a G3 PowerBook. The PB was less than one year old and without any warning it happened. Apple replaced the hard drive under the standard 1-yr warranty period but foolishly I didn't maintain a backup at the time (since the computer was new) and none of my existing data was recoverable and I lost everything.
Per the SMART status warning, backup your data NOW and assuming your Mac is still under warranty, call AppleCare to have the hard drive replaced.

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Alteschwed wrote:
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