What to do Failed Hard Drive Short DST Check

[zdunn]

Computer will not get through startup and when running system quick test Failure is QBW40X-81393F-XD7WMA-60V703

[visruth · Accepted solution]

The failure ID indicates that your notebook hard drive has failed or is failing and you need to replace it with new one

Your notebook is HP Notebook - 15-af131dx (ENERGY STAR)

I understand that notebook warranty has expired.

Manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04653881

Any good branded 2.5 inch SATA HDD or solid state drive is good enough

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236873&FM=1

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-850-evo-2-5-sata-iii-250g...

Is there any data to be salvaged from failed hard drive?

You can back up necessary data if you desire:
You could create and use LiveCD to boot into in this notebook and salvage all the necessary files from failed HDD to external drive:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Or take out the HDD, use SATA to USB adapter and connect to another working computer, use explorer to copy the files to external drive
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB3S2SAT3CB-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84

Use HP recovery USB to factory reset Windows 10 OS after replacement of HDD,

Your laptop came with Windows 10 from factory
https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04797004

...You can try the below suggestion if you desire to clean install Windows 10 latest build,

Follow option 1 here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html

This will allow you create bootable Windows 10 (build 1709) USB using Microsoft windows media creation tool from another working computer

Next disable secure boot from BIOS, plug in the installation USB, change boot order to USB then proceed with clean installation of Windows 10

Disable secure boot:
https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04784866

Change boot order to USB: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01443326

Clean install:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html

Windows will be automatically activated on installation while connected to internet

Additional drivers from here:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-15-af100-notebook-pc-series/8543365/model/896140...