Javascript required
Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer
Home / Whomever Who Dies With His Art on the Most Hard Drives Wins

Whomever Who Dies With His Art on the Most Hard Drives Wins

Z7_3054ICK0KGTE30AQO5O3KA30N0

HP Notebook PCs - Testing a Difficult Disk from the BIOS

This certificate pertains to HP and Compaq Notebook computers manufactured later 2003.

The Hard disk drive Self Exam, built into the BIOS of many HP notebook computers that were manufactured after 2003, tests the condition and integrity of the hard drive. You should utilize the Hard Drive Self Exam in the BIOS if you see any error message about possible bug with the hard drive. Periodically use the test equally part of a regular maintenance program to place potential problems earlier they go problems.

Perform a Hard Drive Self Test from the BIOS

Many computer problems are related to soft failures on the hard drive. The comprehensive portion of the HP Hard Bulldoze Self Test repairs soft errors on the hard drive, simply does not written report the errors. After the test completes, be sure to restart the calculator to decide if the examination repaired whatever issues yous are experiencing with your figurer.

  1. Plug the Air-conditioning Adapter into the computer if it is not already connected.

  2. Turn off the computer and wait 5 seconds.

  3. Printing the Power push to beginning the computer and repeatedly press the F10 key to enter the BIOS Setup menu.

  4. Use the Right Pointer or Left Arrow keys to navigate through the menu choice to find the Primary Hard Drive Cocky Examination option. Depending on your BIOS, this may be found below Diagnostics or Tools.

  5. Select Primary Hard Bulldoze Self Test, and then press the Enter key to beginning the test.

    Figure : Example of a Primary Hard disk Cocky Examination screen

    Disk Test screen showing the progress of the progress of the test.

    note:

    The exact wording of the option for your particular BIOS may be slightly different.

The Difficult Drive Self Examination performs a Quick Test followed by a Comprehensive Exam. During each examination, the window displays a status bar and an estimated time to completion.

  • If whatever examination fails, yous should attempt to save any of import files from the drive if the drive is still functional. If nether warranty, Contact HP for a replacement drive.

  • If all tests pass, the hard drive is not damaged and HP will non provide a replacement hard drive. The suspected problem with the hard drive is likely something else. Performing a system recovery after backing up of import files will likely resolve the problems.

Testing more than i hard bulldoze

Some notebook models take ii hard drives and the Self Test should be run on both drive. Start the notebook in the BIOS Setup Utility, as discussed above. When yous select the Hard Drive Self Test option, you also open up the drive pick window. Select either the Hard Drive or the Multi-Bay exam option. After testing the drive, you tin select and test the other drive.

note:

The exact wording used for these testing options may differ from model to model, but the test accurately evaluates the status of the hard drive.

Hard Bulldoze Exam not available for solid state hard drives

The hard drive testing processes in this document cannot be performed on a solid state hard bulldoze. If your computer has a solid state hard drive, and displays a hard bulldoze error message, Contact HP. See Viewing Hard Drive Information for information.

Hard Drive Exam not available for older BIOS

Performing the Difficult Drive Self Test on serial ATA (SATA) hard drives may generate a bulletin indicating that diagnostics are not supported or do not exist. If such a message displays, determine if an updated version of the BIOS is available for the notebook. Update the BIOS and then perform the Hard Drive Cocky Exam. See Updating the BIOS for more information.

wilcoxblould.blogspot.com

Source: https://support.hp.com/id-en/document/c00439024