https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759910#M6041 What do i do about this error message. Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:39:37 GMT Olatunji Jimoh 2006-03-27T18:39:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759910#M6041 What do i do about this error message. Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:39:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759910#M6041 Olatunji Jimoh 2006-03-27T18:39:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759911#M6042 Get a new HDD quick.<BR /><BR />The SMART detection error is the calm before the storm, meaning failure is coming. <BR /><BR />If this drive is in a RAID array you maybe able to simply swap it out (depending on RAID level employed). If it's a single disk (JBOD) I'd suggest imaging the drive, replacing it and applying the image to the new drive.<BR /><BR /> Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:00:18 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759911#M6042 Jefferson Humber 2006-03-27T19:00:18Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759912#M6043 how do i know if it is in a RAID array or JBOD Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:32:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/error-message-1720-smart-hard-drive-detects-imminent-failure/m-p/3759912#M6043 Olatunji Jimoh 2006-03-27T19:32:02Z