3D DriveGuard/HP Protect Smart not in HP Software and Drivers list

[watonis]

I decided to wipe the harddrive off of my HP laptop (from few years ago) to put a fresh copy of Windows 10 since i didn't want some of the bloatware. Then i realised that the HP Protect Smart/3D DriveGuard was missing while i did it. I didn't even back up this thing since i didn't care, but then i wanted to go and find the driver, but it wasn't even in their site! Now this laptop received a single drop in it's life and the plastic seperated from  another, but i didn't really care (it was where the left hinge was if youre looking at the front). But without that driver, the Hitachi drive (factory drive that it came with)  was okay, but still i need that thing to make sure my fast HDD will be still fine after a drop. Thank you.

[DavidPK · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try the 3D DriveGuard version on the following link.

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp83501-84000/sp83846.exe

Regards,

DP-K