Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not basing it solely on the operating temp--I was also looking at the reallocated sectors count, Ultra DMA Error Count, uncorrectable sector count, and a couple other tests that are shown in the screen capture.
As for the operating temp its at 44 degrees with nothing else open except for Norton and a cpl other applications running in the background and my web browser--I had a new fan installed yesterday and I'm using the laptop on top of a cooling fan