SMART Hard Disk Error

[SPLCAT]

“The SMART hard disk has detected an imminent failure. To ensure not data loss, please backup the content immediately and run the Hard Disk Test in Systems Diagnostics.

Hard Disk 1 (301)

F2 System Diagnostics 

ENTER - Continue Startup

For more information…..”

[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.

HP 15 Laptop PC (Intel)HP 15g Laptop PCHP 15q Laptop PC Maintenance and Service Guide

You may want to consider replacing the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a better performing 2.5" solid state drive (SSD_>

After you replace the drive, you can use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

Here is an info link for how to use the utility.  You will need a 32 GB USB flash drive.

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

Since you will have to use the tool on another PC to create the installation media, you will need to enter your PC's product number in the tool's search window to create the recovery media.

Your PC's product number is:  1TJ82UA#ABA