SMART utility says hardrive failing
Ran the utility after imac started running very slow. HD is failing, apparently.
power on hours 17040
temp: 33
pending bad sectors: 1
removed bad sectors: 1
reallocated bad sectors: 34
crc error count: 0
total errors: 5347
last error type: uncorrectable error
last error time: 17040
Is that all she wrote? Nothing to do but take her to the shop and replace the HD?
thanks
Pete
Correct,
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