The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods that facilitate prevention of hard disk drive failure. Sophisticated drives are likely to be capable of detecting many of the conditions that either cause or precede hard disk drive failure. Such information can be provided to a host operating system, analyzed and used to correct errors associated with the hard disk drive to reduce the probability of failure and/or damage of the hard disk drive. The host operating system can respond by taking corrective actions that alleviate or mitigate hostile conditions (e.g., excessive vibration, heat, humidity and the like) prior to disk failure.