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What can I do to recover my computer? I tried booting from an external cd but it wont work

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what type of error are you getting when you boot from the Hard drive

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It sounds like you need to set your computer to boot to CD. What brand computer do you have? When it boots up do you see any boot menu or press XXX to enter bios options?

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Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology, or S.M.A.R.T.

and base on your title if SMART fails on a hard drive it means 2 thing. one the hard drive is dying. or the hard drive does not support the SMART technology Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology, or S.M.A.R.T.

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