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03-17-2017 11:37 AM
Product ID: F3E09AA#ABA
What can I do? Please help.
03-17-2017 01:32 PM
> stop code: NTFS File System
> I did a system check and got a hardware failure ID,
Unfortunately for you, your disk-drive is in an "imminent failure" status. It must be replaced.
Was your computer originally shipped with Windows 8.1 pre-installed? It was first manufactured in January 2014.
And, you later took the free upgrade to Windows 10?
it seems that HP will no longer supply a "System Recovery Set" (usually on one USB memory-stick) that would allow you to re-install the original Windows 8.1 onto a replacement disk-drive.
You might try: www.computersurgeons.com -- they may have that media available for purchase.
Or, since you were running Windows 10, you have been granted a "digital entitlement" to reinstall Windows 10.
See: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
for a free download of Windows 10.
When you are asked to enter a 25-character product-key, click "I do not have one".
This will use your entitlement to activate Windows 10.
After installing, use that above 'support.hp.com' web-site to download any device-drivers for the HP-specific device-drivers. Note that Windows Update may also download those device-drivers.
Finally, even though Windows will not successfully boot from your current disk-drive, it may be possible to connect it to another computer as a "slave" disk-drive, and to copy all your personal files from it, onto an external disk-drive (or USB memory-stick) and then to copy those files onto your new disk-drive.
