You can also say the hard drive failed a self-test: any half-competent hard disk manufacturer would issue RMA for that. Given that 1 is the lowest possible value a drive can be assigned, I'm surprised you can still boot off that hard drive.
Since you have a Ubuntu Live CD, you can run a self test as well typing this into the terminal:
Code:
sudo smartctl --test=long /dev/sdX
Where X is the letter Linux gave your drive (probably /dev/sda).
Assuming the hard disk isn't dead by the end of the test, you can review the test result:
Code:
sudo smartctl --all /dev/sdX
Also see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sm...esting_a_Drive