Intel iMac hard drive woes!

[shrimpdesign]

So a while ago I was checking my hard drive with Disk Utility and it came up saying: "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit"

So I did a erase and install of OS X and I checked the hard drive again, and it said it was fine. That was about a week ago. I checked it again today and it's giving me the same message as before. I don't want to backup everything I have on my iBook and erase and install OSX again! Any ideas on how to repair it?

 

[BakedBeans]

So a while ago I was checking my hard drive with Disk Utility and it came up saying: "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit"

So I did a erase and install of OS X and I checked the hard drive again, and it said it was fine. That was about a week ago. I checked it again today and it's giving me the same message as before. I don't want to backup everything I have on my iBook and erase and install OSX again! Any ideas on how to repair it?

Phone apple, you need a new one if it keeps giving that error message - back-up tour data NOW just for safety

 

[CanadaRAM]

Edit: OK WTFrig? I wrote a reply to a different thread and it jumped it to this one instead as soon as I submitted???

 

[shrimpdesign]

Dang, I was hoping I didn't need a new HD... oh, well .. I'll call Apple in the morning.

 

[shrimpdesign]

Edit: OK WTFrig? I wrote a reply to a different thread and it jumped it to this one instead as soon as I submitted???

Yeah, I was wondering what apathy had to do with a bad hard drive. Weird.