Lenovo Laptop HDD Crash Prevention

Problem: Lenovo laptop Hard disk  crashes suddenly

Some of the Lenovo Laptop Hard disk will suddenly Failure. We will not Determine the Exact causes for failures due to OS or Hard disk.

Major Causes for HDD Crash:

1)      Most of the Users will not Properly shutdown their Laptops after use.

2)      Most of the users will not Shutting down their Laptops when they are in Travel or moving(Mobile Users), Due to This

·         The laptop will undergo for sudden shock and vibration.

·         Due to the Sudden Shock and vibration the HDD Read/Write Head will failure.

 

We will not cure the Defective HDD but we can Prevent from Failure in Feature" Prevention is better than Cure"

Solution:  Think Vantage Active Protection System For Hard disk

 

Overview:

 

When the Active Protection system is enabled, it protects your hard drive when the shock sensor inside your Think Pad computer detects a situation that could potentially damage the hard drive.

The protection system stops your hard drive by moving the read/write heads of the hard drive to areas that do not contain data, and may also stop spinning the disks of the hard drive.

The hard drive is less vulnerable to damage when it is not in operation. The protection system turns the hard drive on again once the shock sensor detects a stable environment (minimal change in system tilt, vibration, or shock).

 

 

Installation and Configuration:

 

· Download the Think Vantage Active Protection System from Lenovo Website and Install.

 

download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/n15sk03w.exe

 

·         Open the Active Protection from System and Make changes as below.

 

 

 

Observations:

 

System running Normally without shock and vibration

 

 

                                System is in repetitive shock

 

                               

 

                      When System has detected a Shock or vibration the Hard Drive will Stop working Automatically

 

                               

 

                                The following is displayed when the Active Protection system is disabled

 

                               

 

 

Note:  This will not effect the  Performance of the Laptop( Because the all Actions done with in milliseconds).