Autiomatic shut down and restart for no reason

[K-V-B]

My computer locked on "scanning and repaioring at 6%". I followed advioce and it took several hours to repair. Result was back to use but:

1) Very slow

2) After an hour or so use the computer shut down saying it had run in to problems and then it automatically re started.

3) having done a new scan of syste a message apperars saying failed on "Hard Disc Short DST and named productas F5C42EA#ABU.

I would appreciate advice.

K_V_B

[GBL84 · Accepted solution]

Dear Customer,

The Issue occured because the Hard drive was about to Fail.

Whenever the Hard Disk Short DST test fails that indicates that the Hard Disk Drive has failed and that requires a replacement to resolve the issue

This issue could be due to Application or driver conflicts, virus issues, file corruptions due to incompatible applications, improper shutdowns, update failures due to conflicts, sudden power surges, if notebook is dropped etc..

HP will provide a replacement Hard Disk Drive if the Notebook warranty is Active, If not you need buy a SATA Hard Disk Drive from a retail shop nearby

Please Contact HP if your HP Notebook is under warranty, HP would replace the Hard Disk Drive and provide you a Recovery media to restore factory operating system after replacement (if you've not yet created Recovery Discs/USB Media)

Note: Back up all the personal data to an external drive if it's possible. Otherwise you could connect the failed HDD via SATA to USB adapter with another PC or same PC after replacement of HDD & re-installation of OS and try copying /recovering the files. You can also refer to the below shown link for further support

http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Data-from-the-Hard-Drive-of-a-Dead-Laptop

Please click on the link In order to Identify, Prevent, Diagnose & Recover from Drive Failures on HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives :

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02876562.pdf

You can Check your warranty Here to verify the status and Click Here to order a new Hard Drive

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GBL84

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