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fix hard drive failure for HP laptop,Is it necessary for me to replace it

How did you test your Hard drive?

A dying HDD is dangerous, you can't tell when its gonna die out. Better do a backup and replace the HDD ASAP.
 
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well thanks,i will look into that
 


switched it off then on esc every 1 second until a menu popped up and i selected F2 then i ran the tests