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02-17-2021 10:23 PM
Was greeted this morning by a black screen that said SMART drive disk check has detected imminent failure. To ensure not data loss, please back up content immediately and run the Hard disk test in system diagnostics. Below that message it also says Hard Disk 1 (301), when I ran both a quick check and an extensive check it said not available for both the SMART check and the Short DST, but is not providing the 24 digit error code. Another thing I was noticing is when I hit continue to start it say Boot device not found, please install an operating system on your hard disk, Hard Disk (3F0). If someone could please explain what this means I would greatly appreciate, I just find it so strange that my notebook was running perfectly fine one day and then the next I have a whole bunch of codes I dont understand. Thank you!!!
02-18-2021 05:32 AM
Those error codes means your disk drive is failing and needs to be replaced.
Once you have the replacement drive, read the information below about HP Could Recovery to be used to restore your PC to working condition:
If your PC is a 2016 model or newer, you should see if you can make a bootable USB recovery drive using the HP cloud recovery tool on a working PC. The recovery drive can then be used to install Win10 and the HP drivers and utilities that originally came with your PC. Here is the link: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205
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If the HP Cloud Recovery is not available or does not work, you may have to look into ordering HP Recovery Media -- which is a set of DVDs and a CD, or USB stick, that will erase the hard drive (removing all data, settings, and applications, reinstall the original OS, drivers, and some HP Utilities. You have to order these from HP; they can not be downloaded.
You can look online for Recovery Media starting with the linked paged: http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers
Once there, input your Product name or number. On your Software and Drivers Download page, select your Operating System and and Version. Click "Update"
If HP Recovery Media is available for your machine, down near the bottom of the page, you will see an entry for Order Recovery Media-CD/DVD/USB. Click the + symbol to expand that entry and click on Order Media for details.
Or, if you prefer, you can do the same by contacting HP Customer Support:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true
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