HP Hard Disk 301 S.M.A.R.T. Error

[CrazZzy1_Michele]

I have pictures to show what's been popping up on my sisters laptop. If anyone can help me out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Michele

[Britec]

Hi Michele, Welcome to the forum, it looks like your hard drive is failing and is about to die according to the S.M.A.R.T. feature in the BIOS. Do you have all your data backed up? if you don't, you're going to need to get that data off the drive before the drive dies and then its a option of data recovery, which can cost a lot of money. 

• You will need to replace the hard drive by the looks of it. 
• Easy way to recover data. 
• USB to IDE SATA 2.5 3.5 Hard Disk HDD Cable Converter or you can use 
• 2.5 Sata To Usb Hard Drive Caddy Hdd Case Enclosure
  

HP S.M.A.R.T feature is blocking you from using that drive, once you put that into one of the options above, you will be able to retrieve you data with ease. Its possible you will be able to use that hard disk in a enclosure, but you are at risk of that hard drive failing at any time, so its not really worth the risk. So replace drive, buy option above and retrieve data and destroy. old drive 

[CrazZzy1_Michele]

(03-07-2016, 10:50 AM)Britec Wrote:  Hi Michele, Welcome to the forum, it looks like your hard drive is failing and is about to die according to the S.M.A.R.T. feature in the BIOS. Do you have all your data backed up? if you don't, you're going to need to get that data off the drive before the drive dies and then its a option of data recovery, which can cost a lot of money. 

• You will need to replace the hard drive by the looks of it. 
• Easy way to recover data. 
• USB to IDE SATA 2.5 3.5 Hard Disk HDD Cable Converter or you can use 
• 2.5 Sata To Usb Hard Drive Caddy Hdd Case Enclosure
  

HP S.M.A.R.T feature is blocking you from using that drive, once you put that into one of the options above, you will be able to retrieve you data with ease. Its possible you will be able to use that hard disk in a enclosure, but you are at risk of that hard drive failing at any time, so its not really worth the risk. So replace drive, buy option above and retrieve data and destroy. old drive 

Hi! My sister says she doesn't need any of the data on her laptop. She just wants to know how to get it up and running again?

Michele

[Britec]

You will need to replace the hard drive, is it a laptop? whats the make and model number?

[CrazZzy1_Michele]

(03-07-2016, 09:32 PM)Britec Wrote:  You will need to replace the hard drive, is it a laptop? whats the make and model number?

Yes, it's a laptop.
The info on the laptop is here:

Model: HP 2000 notebook PC
Product number: A7A73UA#ABA

[Britec]

Here is how to replace that hard drive

HP 2000 - 2D22DX Hard Drive Replacement

[CrazZzy1_Michele]

(03-08-2016, 11:12 AM)Britec Wrote:  Here is how to replace that hard drive

HP 2000 - 2D22DX Hard Drive Replacement

Oh yeah, I know how to take it out, but which hard drive do I get? That's the question, lol! And, would I have to buy a new windows as well?

[Britec]

Mechanical drives is what is in your laptop now, these are 750GB and 1TB

• Samsung 1TB 2.5 inch 5400RPM SATA II Hard Disk Drive £43.65
• WD 750 GB 2.5-inch SATA Internal Hard Drive - Blue £39.90
  

Or you can opt for a super fast ssd, this is not the best ssd on the market, but the price point is good and the speed difference will be massive, the only draw back is the amount of space on the drive 480GB if you can live with that, then go for the ssd. It all comes down to hhow much you want to spend that the size of the drive. You can get cheaper mechanical drives with less space if you need it.

• Kingston Technology 480GB Solid State Drive V300 SATA 3 £89.99
• Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive £110.99
  

Hope this helps you out, you will need a 2.5" hard drive or SSD.

[CrazZzy1_Michele]

(03-09-2016, 11:22 AM)Britec Wrote:  Mechanical drives is what is in your laptop now, these are 750GB and 1TB

• Samsung 1TB 2.5 inch 5400RPM SATA II Hard Disk Drive £43.65
• WD 750 GB 2.5-inch SATA Internal Hard Drive - Blue £39.90
  

Or you can opt for a super fast ssd, this is not the best ssd on the market, but the price point is good and the speed difference will be massive, the only draw back is the amount of space on the drive 480GB if you can live with that, then go for the ssd. It all comes down to hhow much you want to spend that the size of the drive. You can get cheaper mechanical drives with less space if you need it.

• Kingston Technology 480GB Solid State Drive V300 SATA 3 £89.99
• Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive £110.99
  

Hope this helps you out, you will need a 2.5" hard drive or SSD.

Thanks so much! And what about windows? I'd have to buy a completely new windows?

[Britec]

No you can use you're old windows licence key