Hard Disk failure

[lakshyab]

My product waaranty has been expired and hard disk has failed. It is showing short DST failure. So, I am thinking of changing my hard disk to a ssd hard disk 500gb given in the link.

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07D7YVQSF?aaxitk=dyPqOyp7lhl8YYroNXcvsg&pd_rd_i=B07D7YVQSF&pf_rd_p=ddc78b0...

Can I change it?

Current Hard disk is 

Toshiba 2.5-Inch 1TB 5400 RPM SATA2/SATA 

MQ01ABD100

[iomare]

Hi,

Yes, you need to replace the drive with short DST failure.

Yes, you can use the drive you linked.

On page 32 of the service manual you can see the steps to replace the drive:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05228250

You will need to reinstall the OS. Here is a small guide:

You will need to reinstall the OS on the drive, either by using recovery disks, migrating a backup image or by downloading media creation tool from Microsoft on different PC running and creating a bootable pendrive with the OS on it on a different computer. (there is an explanation on the Microsoft web page on how to create the pendrive) Windows will automatically activate once installed and connected to the Internet.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

If you choose this option you will need to use the pendrive to perform a clean install of Windows 10. You might need to disable fastboot and secure boot in BIOS (probably not). So, insert the pendrive in the PC and it should boot directly from the drive. If not, turn off the PC by holding the power button. Press the power button and immediately keep pressing ESC  until the startup menu appears and then press F9 and choose the pendrive in the boot menu. Once it boots from pendrive follow the procedure to install Windows. You do not need a product key as it is in the firmware.

When finished installing allow Windows to completely update and find all or most drivers. You can follow this process by going into settings > Security and update > click on Verify for updates. You might need to reboot a couple of times. Once completely updated you can go into device manager and see if there are any missing drivers (there will be yellow exclamation mark next to the device). You can find these drivers and software on HP support page for your product.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-15-au100-notebook-pc/12499208/model/13443282/manual...

 I recommend installing HP support assistant which will help to keep drivers up to date and much more. Here you can download latest version

https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html

Hope it helps,

David

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[lakshyab]

My current hard disk is an HDD and I want to replace it with an SSD. Will I have to take extra measures while replacing it?

[iomare]

No. It is the same process only that in the end, the notebook will have a noticeable gain in performance.

regards,

David