Warning message - PCle SSD on Controller 1, Port 0: At risk (SMART event)

[Raj10]

Hello,

I am getting a message "Warning message - PCle SSD on Controller 1, Port 0: At risk (SMART event)". 

From what I have researched so far says that the hard disk is going to fail soon. What are my options in this case. Please advice. Any help is appreciated. I dont want my machine to just fail suddenly.

Thanks,
Raj

[n_scott_pearson]

For starters, here's what Wikipedia has to say about S.M.A.R.T.:

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T. or SMART) is a monitoring system included in computer  hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). Its a primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability, or how long a drive can function while anticipating imminent hardware failures.

When S.M.A.R.T. data indicates a possible imminent drive failure, software running on the host system may notify the user so action can be taken to prevent data loss, and the failing drive can be replaced and no data is lost.

In early S.M.A.R.T. specifications, the following message was recommended for display when a failure was predicted:

WARNING: Immediately back-up your data and replace your hard disk drive.  A failure may be imminent.

Now, all this said, don't panic. First of all, not all S.M.A.R.T. predictors will result in an immediate failure or data loss (take a look at the article by Robert Heege that I attached (because I can no longer find a reference to it online)). Secondly, Intel RST is famous for its false-positive alerts for S.M.A.R.T.

What I would suggest you do is,

1. Restart your system and see whether the prediction appears again.
2. Even if Step 1 didn't result in a prediction, look at a S.M.A.R.T. attribute report and see exactly what is causing the prediction to be made. There are all sorts of tools out there that can be used for this. In fact, most drive manufacturers offer a diagnostic tool for this purpose, or at least a document describing the attributes that they use).

Hope this helps,

...S

[Raj10]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for responding back. I appreciate it. Yes, the warning message is there even after several reboots.

I am bit technical but not sufficient enough. I think i would like to replace this hard drive to be on the safe side but this is where my system files are so wondering how i would be able to replace this hard drive. Any insight would be helpful. 

Thanks again,

Raj

[n_scott_pearson]

If you have a M.2 connector that is open, you can install a new SSD in this connector and then clone the one driver to the other. If you don't have a free M.2 connector, you can use a USB-to-M.2 adapter to add it. Once you have the clone created, you can remove the bad drive and install the new drive in its place.

Hope this helps,

...S

P.S. BTW, cloning software is itself booted, so that you aren't running on the drive to be cloned (which would mean it is being updated on the fly).

[Raj10]

Thanks.