Imminent Failure

Question

My computer is showing a SMART failure warning when I first turn it on. It says press F1 to continue. I press F1 and nothing happens. How do I resolve this issue?

Answer 1

My apologies for not understanding the question.

On a working computer, create an Installation media of Windows 10 that allows you to repair existing Windows Installation.

Create a USB Flash Drive

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create...

Boot from the USB Flash drive-Make sure you have disabled Secure boot/Fast boot in BIOS Settings.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/21756-boot-...

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/21284-enabl...

Then open Advanced Startup options after the computer boots from USB. Click Repair your computer at the first screen that says Install now.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-boot-a...

Select Startup repair, let it finish the job and see if the computer can boot afterward.

If that doesn't help, consider doing a clean install after rescuing your files.

Rescue Files when Windows won't start

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

How to do a clean install

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/for...

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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Answer 2

Hi Sumit, thanks for the help. But I clearly stated that my computer will not do anything after I press F1 when the warning shows up. So in other words I cannot log in to my computer to back up my hard drive or download HDTune.

Answer 3

Hi Jonathan,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

This means the hard disk on the computer is going to fail soon. Immidiately backup your data to an external drive.

Let us first check the disk.

Download and run HDTune .

http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Disk where OS is installed.

Make screenshots of the following

the health

the error scan

the benchmark

Post back the screenshots.

Disclaimer:

This is a non-Microsoft website which would provide accurate and safe information. Watch out for ads on the site which are frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). There is no need to buy paid products to fix your computers as they do more harm than good sometimes.