I recently checked my second HDD and saw that its one attribute is about to fail. how can I refresh or fix it?  is there any program or way to fix? Please
I have opened Disks program today and noticed that there is FAILING in the Assessment column for the SMART status.     What does this error mean? Is it serious problem?  I have Lenovo G50-45 laptop, disk is SEAGATE ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB(LVD3) 1TB SSHD with 8GB NAND Flash (original disk in this latop).  Update 2017-09-24:  The disk has died yesterday. 1 year and 3 months have passed since 1st hint of problem. About 4 months ago I had few issues with it not booting, but I was able to make another clean install. Since yesterday the disk is non-responsive. As this was long expected I had backup of all important data.(!) The disk was about 2 years old, so that was quite premature death.
Is there a way to write binary literals in C#, like prefixing hexadecimal with 0x? 0b doesn't work.  If not, what is an easy way to do it? Some kind of string conversion? Of course most languages have library functions for this, but suppose I want to do it myself.  Suppose that the float is given like in a C or Java program (except for the 'f' or 'd' suffix), for example "4.2e1", ".42e2" or simply "42". In general, we have the "integer part" before the decimal point, the "fractional part" after the decimal point, and the "exponent". All three are integers.  It is easy to find and process the individual digits, but how do you compose them into a value of type float or double without losing precision?  I'm thinking of multiplying the integer part with 10^n, where n is the number of digits in the fractional part, and then adding the fractional part to the integer part and subtracting n from the exponent. This effectively turns 4.2e1 into 42e0, for example. Then I could use the pow function to compute 10^exponent and multiply the result with the new integer part. The question is, does this method guarantee maximum precision throughout?  Any thoughts on this? How can I disable creepers' block damage on my Minecraft server? Please note that these are NOT acceptable solutions:   Completely disabling monsters (peaceful mode) Completely removing creepers Completely disabling explosions (TNT + Creepers) Disabling creeper explosions   More exactly, I want the creepers to be able to spawn and explode, but without doing their terrain damage (they should still be doing health damage to the players).  I'm fine with the use of mods but I'd prefer a built-in solution if possible. I was wondering if there was any was I could right click inside any instance of a "Finder" window such that I have an option that says "Open Terminal Here". It would be really helpful. I need to write a Java Comparator class that compares Strings, however with one twist.  If the two strings it is comparing are the same at the beginning and end of the string are the same, and the middle part that differs is an integer, then compare based on the numeric values of those integers.  For example, I want the following strings to end up in order they're shown:   aaa bbb 3 ccc bbb 12 ccc ccc 11 ddd eee 3 ddd jpeg2000 eee eee 12 ddd jpeg2000 eee   As you can see, there might be other integers in the string, so I can't just use regular expressions to break out any integer.  I'm thinking of just walking the strings from the beginning until I find a bit that doesn't match, then walking in from the end until I find a bit that doesn't match, and then comparing the bit in the middle to the regular expression "[0-9]+", and if it compares, then doing a numeric comparison, otherwise doing a lexical comparison.  Is there a better way?  Update I don't think I can guarantee that the other numbers in the string, the ones that may match, don't have spaces around them, or that the ones that differ do have spaces. Does Java have buffer overflows? Invalid token 'while' in class, struct, or interface member declaration in very simple code I am not sure what the problem is but I keep receiving this error when I try to use a while statement in my code.     Invalid token 'while' in class,   struct, or interface member   declaration   I want to use a while loop to have something continuously update while a statement is true.  The rest of my code is rather long but whenever I type in the syntax:  while(a&lt;b) { //do whatever i want it to do here }   It gives me that compiler error right off the bat. Not quite sure what the problem is. I am doing this in a C# windows application under the Form1.cs file with all the other event handlers (for buttons and such).  Thanks!    I was unaware that loops had to be placed within a method (fairly new to c#), but I tried it and no errors were returned. Thanks for your help everybody!  Previously, I just had the loop within the main class of the program. Accidental chown under / as root Is $\sqrt{x^2}=|x|$ or $=x$? Isn't $(x^2)^\frac12=x?$ $|x|=\sqrt{x^2}$ as  shows. But, as $(x^2)^\frac12=x$, I can't understand where am I wrong interpreting Square-root. Is there a word for four times as much, analogous to once, twice, and thrice? Is there a word for 'four times as much', analogous to once, twice, and thrice? Profile page "activity" tab is broken Why is python ordering my dictionary like so? How to Connect & Share your Internet Connection (Wired & Wireless) I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP 430 notebook and this has a single wired internet connection and I would like to share this with a LG Optimus One with Android 2.3.3. I followed  instructions and created a hotspot as shown below, but UbuntuHost is not visible on the LG Optimus One when I enable the Wifi on it.  To summarize, I want my Laptop with an internet connection to act as a WiFi router and access the internet from other devices (LG Optimus One with Android in this case).  What additional steps have to be done? If a>0 and b>0,  $ \lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty } \sqrt[x]{a^x+b^x} = ? $  What I was trying to do: Suppose a>b. Then, for sufficiently large values of x, $ a^x &gt;&gt; b^x $; so $\sqrt[x]{a^x+b^x} \rightarrow \sqrt[x]{a^x} \rightarrow a $ when $x \rightarrow +\infty$.   Is that idea correct? How can I formalize it? What determines color -- wavelength or frequency? How do I calculate areas of an area shapefile in square meters (m²) or in acres (ha)? I didn't find that functionality in the Vector Tools. Confused About Trigonometric Substitution I don't know how to integrate $\displaystyle \int\frac{1}{x^{4}+1}\mathrm dx$. Do I have to use trigonometric substitution? Why can I see the output of background processes? For example, when I type ping 8.8.8.8 &amp;, why can we see ping process working? And when I type find / -name '*test*' &amp; , it's also seen on monitor.  Why is that? Is it not really in background? TinyMCE disable escaping