SmartMuffin posted...
By imminent, are they talking minutes, or days?
Depends on the type of problem detected. It can range from you being lucky to turn on your drive to failure likely within a month. Go to your hard drive manufacturer's site and download a diagnostic tool from them if you want to know the exact cause. Anything mechanical sounding is a "you're lucky to be able to turn it on and you should be trying to backup immediately".
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