My friend computer showing such error message

this seems to be a S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) warning... this feature predicts an imminent hard-disk failure... so its is strictly recommended to backup all your important data.. or you can ignore / disable(in some BIOS) the warning....at your risk...but it is not that smart.. thanks for the topic.. have a great day/night....

hi. test first the hard disk drive if that dri9ve still working properly or still in good condition,try to do defragment to fix those data or to arrange it properly,anhd the after that try to perform scandisk or checkdisk to check the drive if it still in goo condition.so that if there is an error thats the time that you need to replace it.

kingparker! Such messages may appear and yet there may be nothing wrong with the system as such. In the booting procedure the OS goes through several instructions and at times if there is any link not in its expected position the OS cries showing some error like that. The disturbance can come due to several reasons, one of them being sudden power outages during some operation or booting itself. By and large the OS (XP) restores itself to normalcy. Even so better to have your backups of important files. Since you are saying the computer is of recent acquisition, there is no need to buy another harddisk. Ask your friend to use the PC in the right way like using it as per the windows user manual.

Sometimes such messages come because of internet company intervention - they want ot sell some software like that. I think it should not affect. I suggest clean the computer every day. Disk clean up. also in the browsers clear history. these things will help.

Try to replace with a new hard drive disk and see wether the message still there :)