Hard Disk Imminent Failure

I have had this laptop for a month and after about 2 weeks I received a message upon startup saying Hard Drive imminent failure. I've backed up all my data and ran the hard drive tests. The hard drive tests immediately found a failure and gave me a failure ID but no resolutions. I am currently using the laptop as normal but with an external hard drive plugged in for caution. The hard drive hasn't failed yet but the message still appears. I am slightly confused at what is wrong and why it seems to of not resolved itself ? Any help would be much appreciated ?
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Hi Jake,
You are probably still in warranty. Make sure you've backed up your files externally and contact hp support. You'll need a replacement hard drive. Sorry to hear you've problems, glad they happened while you are covered.
-wes
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Hi, backup your data as some as possible.
Contact HP as your laptop is still under warranty.
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Hi,
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hello! my system is hp pavillion-g6-2312ax and my system got hanged in between of my computing . as usual when it hangs i will wait for that to recover, but this time it took a long time so, i shut it down by pressing the shutdown forcely.
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Hi,
The 24 character error code for the short Disk Self Test ( DST ) would indicate that the Hard Drive is failing and needs to be replaced. This is also consistent with the 'freezing' issue you mention.
As your notebook is still under warranty, contact HP and arrange to have the drive replaced - you can check your warranty status Here.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
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