Failure ID Hard Drive

[Rajola]

Hi, the hard drive quick test produced the following result:

Testing Drive: 1

Hard Drive SMART Check: FAILED

FAILURE ID:  RU2C81-7AA98C-MFPV6J-60DG03

PRODUCT ID: F9G48EA#ABZ

[Grzwacz]

Greetings,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

You will have to replace the primary OS/boot HDD ASAP.

Now is a good time to back up your important stuff.

Regards

[Rajola]

Thanks for your response. So is it necessary to replace the hard drive or is it sufficient to format?

Regards

[Grzwacz · Accepted solution]

Hi Rajola,

You're very welcome.

You ran a HDD quick test for a reason. 

Time to back up files and replace the failing HDD. Replace the 5400 rpm platter disk with a similar sized 2.5 inch SSD. You could also buy a 250 GB SSD or a 500 GB SSD if you don't need the storage and you don't rely on HP's W8.1 recovery software.

This will give your Notebook a nice boost in performance.

The current disk could still be usable for a while but the clock is ticking.

Regards