When restarting my HP laptop, it's showing Hard Disk error.

when restarting my HP laptop, it's showing Hard Disk error. I have already done two time formatting. But it's still there. please suggest me what to do?

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Hi,
Could you mention the error message you are getting or you can run a test on the HDD by tapping F2 key when you turn ON the unit. If the test fails, then you have to replace the HDD.
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when my husband was updating my computer he turned it off n now when i turn my computer back on it says hard disk error..... i need help..... ne ways computer is a pavilion g6-1b87cl notebook pc its windows7 intel pentium inside

Enter BIOS setup by tapping/holding the F10 key immediately after powering on the laptop.Use Diagnostics to test your hdd.
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HP DV6 Laptop - Smart Hard disk error

1. Product Name: HP Pavilion DV6-3150 us
2. Operating System - Windows 7
3. Error message: Smart Hard disk error
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred:
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My laptop was toooooo slow and looks like some process was running
in the background especially lots of scvhost.exe. Tried some
malware removal and couldn't resolve it.
Now I'm not able to login to my system at all.
I have tried all possible options
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c. Tried to start OS in safemode with netword
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Don't know what to do. After reading many posts in the net, suggestions were to replace the hard drive I am worried about it.
It is just 1 year and 2 months I bought the laptop and now I dont have warranty as well. Dont know what to do.
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I have seen several people report Recovery hanging and not completing when the hdd is smaller than the original. Years ago when hdds were 20-40gb I could understand the problem with running Recovery from disks on a 20gb if the machine came with a 40gb_but I would have thought /hoped that HP would have eliminated that issue with todays huge hdds.From several posts here in the forum, the problem has not gone away.
If you install Linux now booting from Recovery Disks will wipe out Linux,so if you hope to dual-boot it will have to be reinstalled after recovering windows 7.
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Hi!
Here's a suggestion from BDAqua:
In finder, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes".
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Hi,
The error would indicate that your Hard Drive is failing and will need to be replaced.
If 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.
If you are out of warranty and would like a guide on replacing the Hard Drive yourself, please let me know - include the full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook ( from the service tag underneath your notebook ) - see Here for a further explanation.
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Hard disk error when syncing

Hi Guys.
The other day the ipod had a hit on the floor, and since then im having problems with the hard drive when copying songs.
Im able to transfer some music to the ipod but when it reaches a bad sector, starts having issues copying the song.
When Itunes tries to sync, it takes a long time to copy a single song (ipod change status from Syncing/Connected) and it ends with a message error stating disk could not be read/written
I tried running the Diagnostic Mode. and the HD SMART Data shows
Realloc 9624 ( this number is growing after each sync)
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Should I reformat the disk using HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool? Is this a valid way to fix the bad sectors?
What options do you suggest to fix the HD?
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Hi there!
A month ago my HP Pavilion dv6-6b57sa completely froze mid-use, and was unable to move the mouse or get any sort of response.
Naturally I held the power button to hard shutdown and restarted. Ever since then I have been unable to boot Windows 7 (the original OS) properly, and all I could get to was a Startup repair which took days to try to fix the issues, eventually coming up with a message saying it was unable to fix the errors.
Today I decided to ditch the data I had stored and do a fresh install - using the HP wizard by pressing F11 on boot and using a newly created USB Windows 7 install drive. After getting to the point of install process of Windows just loading the files, after choosing a hard drive partition successfully etc. the installation quit, citing a number of issues (screenshots link are below).
So I then try to restart the computer, and get a 'SMART Hard disk error' (screenshot link below) and when I select continue startup from there, it says Windows failed to start (screenshot link below) and then leads to me to the Startup repair manager again - which fails again - (screenshot link also below!)
So after doing a hard drive test, it says it has failed (screenshot link also below).
So what can I do? Is there a serious hardware related issue linked with the hard drive (which is bound to cost lots of £££ I bet), or are there further steps I can take?
Screenshot links: http://1drv.ms/1jnjviU
Many thanks for your help in advance,
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Yes and you had to at the moment since you won't have a key unless you buy one from Microsoft for about 99 dollars.
Try you best to get the key readble I mean try to read it, good luck!
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Error when trying to install Mountain Lion - says hard disk is damaged :(

I downloaded and installed Mountain Lion on my iMac today - without any problems. But when I downloaded it to my Macbook pro (bought 2010) I get an error message telling me the installation cannot continue due to hard disk error My harddisk was fine before the installation, to my knowledge ...
Of course I tried disk utility (during the installation) and it tells me the disk needs to be repaired but I can´t choose "Repair disk" since it is grey (no write permissions it says). What can I do? I really need help!!!

I rarely post, however, because of a major screw up with Mountain Lion, I will. I have been using mac computers since 1987, have obviously installed and upgraded multiple OS new and upgrades and never, I mean never had a problem with any of them, until now. The install stalled with the message that the hard disk needed repair. I thought all of my data was lost, except for time machine backup, which was not as current as it should have been. Losing that data would have been a royal pain.
Went through the restore OS from Time Machine, then tried to repair the disk with apple disk repair utility. Not repairable. Why? I still don't have a clue. After reading multiple threads, decided to go ahead and buy DiskWarrior. This was a weird experienc. Loaded it onto external hard drive, hooked my MacBook Pro as Target disk. Loaded in DiskWarrior as hardware probelm. ???? Immediately went online to see what advice about this message. Looked like a massive coincidence had hit my laptop. Worked perfectly until loading Mountain Lion, the decided to have hard disk melt down. Suddenly, DiskWarrior indicated it was ready to rebuild my directory. The hardware warning was gone. A few minutes later, directory repaired. Rebooted, same problem. Can't load OS X, need to repair hard disk. Apple disk repair still unable to repair disk. Used DiskWarrior, repaired it no problem.
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1. I think original download was somehow corrupted and that is what screwed up the disk directory.
2. I do not know why apple Disk Utility would not repair the disk and Disk Warrior would. Expensive fix, but ultimately worthwhile. Did it mysefl and did not have to mess with "Genius" bar.
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3. Be sure you have deleted old OS 10.8 Install file and load fresh one.
4. Install OS 10.8 and you should be OK.
5. Good luck.
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Disk Utility is too light weight. Apple needs to beef it up. This is my biggest complaint. Apple utility should be able to fix disks. We should not have to spend $100 to fix a disk, but there you are.
Once fixed however, back to usual beautiful, flawless apple experience.

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