Hard Disk 1 Quick (303)

There are many cases of this HDD failure, but mine a little different and I can't find any information on it.
The computer was working fine and I wanted to reformat. (I reformat with USB not DVD) Upon booting from USB, it started and I chose language and hit install now. If you are familiar with Win7 Installation, you'll know that after hitting Install now it goes to screen that allows you to choose which partition to install on. But it never got to that screen. After click Install now it stayed on a screen that said "Setting up windows" and sat there for like 30 minutes so I decided to restart it.
Now on restart it wont even recognize the HDD or something. On a hard-drive test (F4 after hitting ESC) it keeps giving me:
Hard Disk 1 Quick (303)
Hard Disk 1 Full (303)
Hard Disk SMART Passed
I just did the etst again and now it says:
Hard Disk 1 Fault
Hard Disk 1 Fault
Hard Disk SMART Passed

Dustbay wrote:
The laptop isn't even a year old. I keep very good maintenance on my computers as well. I feel as if there is another solution other than "go buy a new hdd".
Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way but failing hard drives do not get better.  If it's less than a year old, you might check to see if you're still under warranty so that HP replaces the drive under yoru warranty terms.

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