Hard drive problem

[comesoon2]

When I boot up my computer I get the following message


Pri Master Hard disk; S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, back up and replace

Press F10 to resume


The 1st time this occured was after a virus attempted to invade my PC. I have done a virus check with no apparent viruses?

My questions are;

1) Is this a result of the virus?

or

2) Do I need a new Hard drive?


any ideas/advice?

Thanks

 

[StormBringer]

No, a virus did not do this. Yes, it does look like the drive is bad.

 

[BrownPaper]

do what the instructions tell you to do. when S.M.A.R.T. tells you the hard drive is bad, your hard drive is probably going to die really soon. backup your important data quickly.