Seagate Barracuda problem on Pavilion a6551nl with Windows 7

My PC reports a hard drive failure warning at boot up on my two Seagate Barracuda hard drives. I found that HP has a tool to solve this at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-64493-1&cc=nl&dlc=nl&lc=nl&...=. Unfortunately the tool does not support Windows 7, also not when running the tool in compatibility mode.
Is there a solution for this problem? Is this is a non OS dependant BIOS update or an OS patch?
Regards,
Dirk

I would recommend using the following document to troubleshoot your issue:
Hard Drive Failure Errors
Either the hard drive is going bad or their are issues with the hard drive.
That document will help you test the hard drive and see what is causing the issue that you are having. If the hard drive is going bad, it also includes steps on how to back up the hard drive and recover it if you need to.
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