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How can I disable the "Windows detected a hard disk problem" warning?

Hello, I'd like to know how to disable the "Windows detected a hard disk problem" warning that pops up every 10min or so. I've tried to run disk tests with no luck. Right now, I just want to get rid of that warning pop up till I get a new hard drive or attempt to fix it once I have time. I'm on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. And the "gpedit.msc " doesn't work on Home Premium. I've tried to download it but no luck.. I also went to Task scheduler>Microsoft>Windows>DiskDiagnostic and disabled Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver, I saw that on youtube but that didn't help, it started popping up after 45 minutes again. Any ideas on how to get rid of that annoying warning for now? :cry:
 
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Will a clean install recovery solve this problem in general? I don't have any important files so it's not a huge problem. As long as I get rid of it by doing that.
 

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Complete Hard Drive failure is likely at any time. If you do a fresh install it will very likely cause that failure even sooner. You will just have to put up with the frequent warning & the more you do to try & stop it the more like the drive will fail.

Back up any data that you need to keep & invest in that new hard drive ASAP, or even better get an SSD & you will be surprised how much faster the computer will be.
 

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I've deleted the Schedule that was on "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver" because disabling it was not effective, it just starts running again after 40min or so. Anyways, can a clean reinstall fix this issue or is there a deeper problem?
 

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It's working fine now. So a fresh install will make it worse? I have an HP G56 with a Toshiba MK5065GXS hard Drive. I'm not familiar with hard drives, but do they come with the windows recovery? Like the one I have now? How does that work?
 

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Izzywizzy said:
I've deleted the Schedule that was on "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver" because disabling it was not effective, it just starts running again after 40min or so. Anyways, can a clean reinstall fix this issue or is there a deeper problem?
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Your hard drive has mechanical problems, which won't be fixed by a clean install. The more you use the drive, the sooner it will fail, so a clean install will hasten the failure.

Note what Ranger said above.
 

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As I mentioned Windows is warning you that there is hard drive problem, which might be bad or failing sectors & trying all sorts of fixes is very like to cause the hard drive fail completely.
 

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I'm leaving it as it is now till I can get a new hard drive or an SSD like you said. If I don't mess with it, will it keep running as it is? It's running smooth, no lag or anything.
 

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Izzywizzy said:
It's working fine now. So a fresh install will make it worse? I have an HP G56 with a Toshiba MK5065GXS hard Drive. I'm not familiar with hard drives, but do they come with the windows recovery? Like the one I have now? How does that work?
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The Toshiba hard drive you have now would have come with the laptop & it would have included the Toshiba software for re installation only on that hard drive, should you corrupt the OS.

You should be able to make up a re installation DVD from the Toshiba software on the hard drive. You will need to read the instruction book on how to do that & then use that DVD to reinstall Windows.

No, any new hard drive will not have any Operating System on it, you will have to install Windows.

You will of course need to prepare that DVD before the hard drive fails. Once it fails you will lose verything.
 

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Ranger4 said:
The Toshiba hard drive you have now would have come with the laptop & it would have included the Toshiba software for re installation only on that hard drive, should you corrupt the OS.

You should be able to make up a re installation DVD from the Toshiba software on the hard drive. You will need to read the instruction book on how to do that & then use that DVD to reinstall Windows.

No, any new hard drive will not have any Operating System on it, you will have to install Windows.

You will of course need to prepare that DVD before the hard drive fails. Once it fails you will lose verything.
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I don't have the instructions, it's a second hand laptop. Basically, I have to make a copy of the OS that I have on my hard drive and reinstall it on the new hard drive?
 

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Ok, thanks for the info. Btw, my laptop is running fine, can can the hard drive stop working while just using the browser? And do you know where I can get instructions on how to copy the OS from my hard drive?
 
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Your HDD probably has a Recovery partition. You can burn DVD's to create a Factory recover that will install Win 7 on the new HDD.
Normally you can launch the program to create the DVD disks from BIOS or from Windows.
 

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Izzywizzy said:
I'm leaving it as it is now till I can get a new hard drive or an SSD like you said. If I don't mess with it, will it keep running as it is? It's running smooth, no lag or anything.
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It will keep running for a while, and then it will fail. The problem is, we don't know how long that will be. It could happen right now, or in three months. The more you use the drive, the sooner it will fail.

With Windows, there is always drive activity happening. So the fact that you are in Windows is going to hasten the time when the drive fails.

Have you backed up the data on it yet? Your time is running out.
 

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Izzywizzy said:
I don't have the instructions, it's a second hand laptop. Basically, I have to make a copy of the OS that I have on my hard drive and reinstall it on the new hard drive?
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On the Start menu, there should be a Toshiba folder which contains various utilities. One of the utilities will allow you to make a set of factory restore disks. You will need about four blank DVDs for this, along with a permanent marker to label the disks with. You should immediately make a set of these disks, because you are running out of time.

Then, when you install the new drive, you run the restore process by booting with Recovery Disk #1. The process is pretty automatic from that point forward.
 

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Backup your files before it completely dies. If you cannot copy a specific file to a new storage device it means that the specific sector where the file is located is already damaged and cannot be accessed anymore.
 

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It will keep running for a while, and then it will fail. The problem is, we don't know how long that will be. It could happen right now, or in three months. The more you use the drive, the sooner it will fail.

With Windows, there is always drive activity happening. So the fact that you are in Windows is going to hasten the time when the drive fails.

Have you backed up the data on it yet? Your time is running out.
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I don't have any important files because I've reinstalled windows a few times cause of this in the past 4/5 months.
 

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mrjimphelps said:
On the Start menu, there should be a Toshiba folder which contains various utilities. One of the utilities will allow you to make a set of factory restore disks. You will need about four blank DVDs for this, along with a permanent marker to label the disks with. You should immediately make a set of these disks, because you are running out of time.

Then, when you install the new drive, you run the restore process by booting with Recovery Disk #1. The process is pretty automatic from that point forward.
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I don't see a Toshiba folder, but I do have a recovery manager that looks like this: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
 

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RoasterMen said:
Backup your files before it completely dies. If you cannot copy a specific file to a new storage device it means that the specific sector where the file is located is already damaged and cannot be accessed anymore.
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Luckily I don't have any important files other than the operating system that I need to copy to a DVD.
 

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On the image you posted (#17) you have the Recovery Media Creation option. Create the DVD's or use a USB flash disk.
 

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Megahertz07 said:
On the image you posted (#17) you have the Recovery Media Creation option. Create the DVD's or use a USB flash disk.
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Yes, I see it. Thanks! So how many DVD's do I need for this? And what type?
 

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