HP Pavillon x360 Hard drive issues and replacement

[Gmodx]

 

Hello, a couple years ago I had issues with this laptop constantly spinning in circles and and just the Hp logo, I have attempted to use system recovery which leads to black screen and even recently bought windows 10 installation media to no avail. I have tried reformatting the drive and reinstalling windows but both options just lead to infinite loading. At this point I think replacing the internal SSD with an HDD( preferably for storage ) would be the best idea considering the internal hard drive seems completely dead at this point and I have tried all options to get the hard drive functioning . Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated!

Hard drive 1 - Secondary HDD Bay *

the optimized DST Check has encountered issues testing your drive. Please click the next button for further trouble shooting steps

Component Test : FAILED

[Huffer]

Here is the translation of the error:

Failure Information

Failure ID Tag Checksum HP Serial Number Test Date Failure Code Device Includes Error Message

GLG4GK-8MSAHC-GXGGQ1-61UM03

OK

8CGxxxx0H4

2/13/21

307

Storage

Floppy Drive, Hard Drive, Memory Drive, Optical Drive, SCSI, Tape Drive

Hard Disk 1 Optimized

Here is the Service Manual:

Manual 

You did not need to buy Windows 10 installation media. It is a free download from Microsoft and you have a license for Windows 10 embedded in the BIOS or otherwise do not need a license Code to install it. 

You do need to replace the hard drive. If you have an SSD (this series of models can have a mechanical hard drive or a solid state drive) that is what you want to use for replacement. 

Post back for further discussion. 

[Gmodx]

So will something like this work for this laptop? Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E250B/AM) 

If so how would I find the tools needed to open this device and would I need anything additional? 

I also assume I could use the bootable media to install windows on this drive because it’s internal.

i also had to buy windows 10 installation media because I do not have another computer to create a bootable USB

[Huffer]

Yes the 860 Evo 2.5 inch would work in the hard drive bay assuming you have a 2.5 inch drive in there now. If you have an M.2 SSD the mounting hardware will be different. The Service Manual lists the tools you need but generally you need a precision Phillips screwdriver. 

[Gmodx]

hey again, I’m having issues determining which exact hard drive model to purchase, in system information it says for Type - ATA  And for model - IM2S3138E-128GM-B

[Huffer]

Hard drives are generic, interchangeable. All SATA 2.5 inch hard drives and SSDs connect with the same connectors and have mounting holes in the same location. Get a 7mm thick one, the fit is universal. Some will not take a 9.5mm or thicker model. 

Post back if you want a specific link. 

[Gmodx]

yes please provide me with a link, I’m looking for one that has 250GB of storage

[Huffer]

Still need to know just what you have in the laptop. Might be either a 2.5 inch or an M.2 SSD. Very different animals and if you try to switch to a different kind of storage you need mounting hardware which is very hard to locate. So if you can take a screen shot of device manager and open up disk drives and see what it says. 

[Gmodx]

 This is the information I get in the hardware diagnostics, I would rather stick to the same type of storage to make this replacement as easy as possible 

[Huffer]

That's an M.2 gumstick disk. Has to be SATA. Here is one you can use:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E250BW/dp/B07864V6CK/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&key...

Post back if you need more help installing or with software migration.