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    HP Pavilion dv5220us Harddrive is not working

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bmcgee81, Jul 21, 2008.

  1. bmcgee81

    bmcgee81 Newbie

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    I ran the monthly update of my computer that HP sends every month and when it came time to do the diagnostics my harddrive failed the test. I went to the BIOS to have it do a more complete check it also failed pretty quickly, it said something about 1-#7 fail. I know that according to these things something is wrong with my harddrive but I can't figure out what. My computer still works just fine, I can use it and save things onto it normally. Is there really something wrong with my harddrive or could it be something else?

    Just for more info I am running Windows XP
     
    bmcgee81, Jul 21, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Could be a false positive. The BIOS diagnostic test isnt that great.

    Download HDTune and check for your SMART health. If any of them are failing you will know.

    Also do a full scan of your HD
     
    flipfire, Jul 21, 2008
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