Will not restart with “hard drive detects imminent failure “ message

[VH2000]

Download the driver from HP and add it to the USB-Stick. Your stick is not the problem. That works.

[Stevethedream]

I got to Bios (2) and selected Feb 9, 1015 download, but I don’t understand the *exec because you need *.inf-

based drivers. I use 7-Zip for this. How do you do that?

[Stevethedream]

after getting to the BIOS (2)  and selecting Feb 2015.       HOW DO YOU DO THIS : But you have to extract the contents of the *.exe because you need *.inf-based drivers. I use 7-Zip for this.

[Stevethedream]

How do you do this part:

. But you have to extract the contents of the *.exe because you need *.inf-based drivers. I use 7-Zip for this.

[Stevethedream]

i did do that now

[VH2000]

A new flashdrive will not help. Do you know how to copy the installation files to a separate partition on your installation drive? 

The best way is to connect your drive to a different computer and create 2 partitions. One for the setup and one for the installation files. 

[Stevethedream]

Here’s the  picture of download as you recommended on my flash drive, and still getting same reaction of no drivers detected. What’s up?Download

[VH2000]

Your Flash-Drive looks good. But you never mentioned that you replaced the HDD. You should buy a SSD. If you don't find the right bracket, you can fix it by tape, because it doesn't have moving parts and it's not heavy. 

In the setup-page where you select the drive you see a yellow star (new). Select that and choose an appropriate size in MB.

(ex. 120 GB x 1024 =122880). Then the recovery partition will be placed at the right position. The Partition for files can be added later from the OS.

[Stevethedream]

I did buy the SSD like you suggested, and replaced the HDD that was the original.