HTC SHIFT recovery partition gives False SMART bios error

[premier69]

Hey I have an HTC SHIFT with a 40gb hdd in it, i use windows 7 and have never had a need for the hidden recovery partition with vista on it so i loaded gparted on to a memory stick and deleted all the partitions on the hdd to one big one, saved and exited to install windows 7 again and now everytime i start the computer it warns me of an SMART bad status and to press F1 if i want to continue.

I cannot turn off this message in the BIOS and when i resumed to install windows 7 it took 3 times as long as it normally does.

if i buy a new SSD disk that would fit in it would i still get the SMART error? is the BIOS HTC SHIFT modified to look for a HPA at a specific offset so a new drive wouldn't help? if so would it simply be a matter of allocating those 3gb's and it would stop complaining?

Or isn't there a problem at all with this HPA and I just did it wrong, would i need to take out the drive and format it in another computer to fix the False SMART message?

[BlackST]

You cannot reset SMART alerts once triggered unless you work with drive firmware. Period.
Did you ask HTC customer service about suitable replacement for the disk and/or BIOS requirements?
If your drive is defective, replace it. Or have it serviced (btw what drive is ?) if possible. By a pro, not by yourself.

[premier69]

Hello, a while ago I last posted here.

The HTC SHIFT still works as it should, tho I can't defrag anymore without a quick BSOD and immediate reboot.

I still have to press FN+F1 at BIOS post check to be able to boot anything incl. Windows.

How is it that this started happening the moment i started tampering with the HPA in Gparted and has remained ever since and you still think it is hardware related?

If i removed the harddrive from the SHIFT and connected it to my main pc and did a low level format would it reset or fix this problem?

[matt_will_fix_it]

Its definately drive hardware related. If your data is important to you, backup immediately & replace the drive.

The SMART alerts are warning you there is something wrong with the drive... a low level format will not fix the problem.