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Thread ID: 128869	2013-01-20 22:20:00	Hard Drive Problems	DylantheVillain (16995)	Press F1

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1323921	2013-01-20 22:20:00	Hello all. I have recently had trouble with my laptop, an HP Pavilion DV6 3091TX. By running system checks through BIOS I have come to the conclusion that I have a hard drive failure. Through one of the checks I got given a failure ID and was wondering if any of you would be able to make any sense of it. “SMART Check: PASSED Short DST: FAILED FAILURE ID: PU631D-5RK6GM-XD0156-60QN03 PRODUCT ID: XU567PA#ABG Hard disk 1” This is what I am given by running one hard drive test. I also booted up Linux via a pen drive and the rest of the hardware is functioning correctly, but it will not recognise the main hard drive partition. It recognises there is a partition but is unable to mount it. I have contacted the store but thought you might be able to give me some more insight into the problem. Much appreciated, Dylan	DylantheVillain (16995)
1323922	2013-01-20 23:34:00	Welcome to the board Dylan. DST I believe stands for Disk Self Test, if this is failing, then it indicates a failing hard drive to me, I would be getting any personal data etc backed up asap and take it back to the store to be replaced. Good luck.	Iantech (16386)
1323923	2013-01-21 06:15:00	Note however that computers frequently refer to the boot drive as "Hard Disc 0". You don't have two drives in this laptop do you?	Paul.Cov (425)
1323924	2013-01-21 18:59:00	As Iantech mentioned, failing hard drive. Given how cheap drives are, I'd backup the drive and replace it ASAP. For dying hard-drives, I've used 1) a 3.5" USB enclosure and 2TB drive 2) Microsoft's downloadable "robocopy" to grab all readable files. It'll skip the rest.	kingdragonfly (309)
1323925	2013-01-21 22:52:00	Clone the drive onto the new one, then replace it yourself, easy enough to do, there's a panel under laptops for accessing the drive, it's a DIY thing.	pctek (84)
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