Faulty laptop - Potentially a hard drive issue?

[92ishalfof99]

Hi, I'm new here so not sure if this is 100% in the right location.

Opened my laptop a couple of days ago and was presented with the message "Fixing ( C: ) Stage 1..."
This took a couple of hours and eventually started the computer.

A few days later (today) the computer crashes to a black screen with only the cursor visible (The cursor changed to a blue loading circle) and eventually around 1 or 2 hours later the screen to returned to how it was pre-crash. The computer then ran incredibly slow for the next 30 minutes or so before returning to normal?

Wondering if this is a sign of the hard drive failing or worse? Could anybody advise me on how I might best prepare? I'm currently thinking of buying a new hard drive, cloning the existing one to an external drive then recloning it back to the new hard drive?

I have included specs below.

Any help would be great as I am relying on this computer for work and currently feel like it could just stop working at any moment 😕

Many thanks, 92ishalfof99

Specs:
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.9
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit, Build 19041, Installed 20200806150847.000000+000
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 61 Stepping 4, CPU Count: 4
Total Physical RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500, 1024 MB
Hard Drives: C: 916 GB (721 GB Free); 😧 13 GB (1 GB Free);
Motherboard: HP 8203, ver 78.61, s/n PFXEB1ANN370
System: Insyde, ver HPQOEM - 1, s/n 8CG6315BBG
Antivirus: Norton 360, Enabled and Updated

[Prométhée]

Hello
so, no it's the computer section, not laptop
No problem !
The description is good, but the model is enough:

 17-x013na (ENERGY STAR) Product Specifications

is it this one ?

Do a full diagnostic, and give the error id if there is

•  Testing for Hardware Failures

[92ishalfof99]

Hi, thanks for the reply!

Ran a full diagnostic on the tool you provided. 

Failed only on the 'Long drive self-test'

The full results are below:

TestVersion = 1.2.0.0

TestId = 50d4829e-e790-45af-a721-c944b7126928

StartTime = 2020-11-07T11:00:24

ExecutionDuration = 00:05:31

Result = ExecutionFailed

ErrorCode = 305

FailureId = 9AKRU4-882A9Q-GXGK7F-61CB13

=

LongDST failed: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, 76A7PGCWT

The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed (0x7).