HP Laptop 15-da0xxx SATA DISK HARD DRIVE

[RICH1818]

Hi,

My SATA disk 1tb hard drive has displayed an 'immanent failure' message. For now I have switched on the 'smart event' setting.

Is there a way to repair this fault back to the previous working order or does the part need replaced?

If replacing the hard drive is best can you recommend a suitable replacement?

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Unfortunately, you will need to replace the drive.

You may want to take advantage of this misfortune and replace the mechanical hard drive with a better performing solid state drive (SSD).

You have two options for doing that.

1.  Replace the 2.5" drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD.

I recommend the Western Digital Blue SA510 2.5" SSD in a storage capacity that meets your needs and budget.

2.  If you want a bit more performance than a SATA SSD will provide, your notebook has a M.2 SSD slot that supports NVMe SSD's.

I recommend either the Samsung 980 (not 980 Pro), or the Western Digital Blue SN570.

Any of the above drives should be available on Amazon.UK.

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/c06691790.pdf 

Your notebook should be supported by the HP cloud recovery tool which you can use to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall Windows, the drivers and the software that originally came with the notebook on the new SSD.

Here is an info link for how to use the utility.  You will need a 32 GB USB flash drive to create the recovery media with, and another PC running W7 64 bit or newer.

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11 and 10 | HP® Customer Support

[RICH1818]

HI,

Thank you for the in-depth reply, your time and effort is greatly appreciated.

With the need to replace the hard drive I am now considering how to improve the overall performance. To date, I have increased the 4gb of RAM to 16gb of DDR4 crucial RAM. Other than the hard drives previously mentioned is there any other upgrades you could recommend? or even higher end hard drives with more performance?

My aim is to use the laptop for video/sound editing and music production, essentially using it as a workstation.

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

If you install a M.2 NVMe SSD, you have reached the pinnacle of what you can upgrade.

There are no drives currently on the market today that are faster than a NVMe one.

Do not buy a PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD unless you plan on moving it to a newer notebook in the future that supports PCIe Gen 4 SSD speeds. 

Your notebook's M2 slot is only PCIe Gen 3 x 2 which means a NVMe Gen 3 x 4 SSD will run at half of its advertised speed as it is.  That will still be faster than a SATA 2.5" or M.2 SSD.

You can't upgrade the graphics or processor because those are integral parts of the motherboard.

You cannot upgrade the Wi-Fi adapter because you have the best one available where the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work with only one antenna wire.