having trouble in system boot, Short DST failed

[Raju0011]

Having trouble in system boot, getting a blank screen when trying to boot. I tried through USB image to boot but still it's same. Later I checked hard drive tests and getting SMART CHECK: PASSED and SHORT DST: FAILED.

Before that due to this issue, I tried to re-install OS and the system worked fine for a few days and when I tried to restart after that system is not booting now anymore.

Attached is the image with error and failure id.Failure id and test result for hard drive

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You will need to install a new hard drive and reinstall the operating system.

Below is the link to the service manual, where you can find the hard drive removal and replacement procedure.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04438537

[Raju0011]

Any reason for failure of hard disk. Why it happned

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That I would not be able to tell you.

There is an old saying...it is not a matter of if a hard drive will fail, but a matter of when.

Usually heat is the worst enemy of notebook hard drives.

You may want to consider replacing the mechanical hard drive with a better performing, normally more reliable solid 2.5" state drive.

SSD's in the 500 GB capacity are pretty reasonably priced.

https://www.amazon.in/500GB-2-5-inch-Internal-Solid-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&ke...

[Raju0011]

Thank you for your suggestions. One more question- do this HP product support SSD? how i will know this.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

Yes, a SSD should work fine in your notebook.

You can check the crucial memory report site and it should tell you a SSD is compatible.

I found this Crucial report for the 15-n200 model series...their website isn't working right now, so I had to post the link to the cached page...if you scroll to the bottom you can see they offer compatible SSD's for sale for the model series.

https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=crucial+memory+report+for+15-n200&d=4605063973901038&mkt=en-US&set...

[Raju0011]

Thank you paul! you're best.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.