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FIX: HP laptop failed short DST hard drive error

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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While restarting your HP laptop you may get the HP laptop start-up test – harddiskDST failederror. Thiserroris usually caused by afaulty hard diskthat may need replacement.

Fix thiserrorby following the steps below.

How do I fix my HP hard drive error?

1. Check hard disk for errors

The check disk utility will scan the system for any bad sectors in the hard drive and try to repair them if necessary.

After the repair is done, exit the Command Prompt window and shut down the system.

You should remove the recovery drive and try to boot from the hard drive.  If repaired, the short DST failed error should be solved.

2. Check for conflicting software

If you have an antivirus program installed, try to disable it temporarily. If that does not work, you can also try to uninstall the antivirus program completely from the system.

You can also use theRestore Pointoption to restore your PC to an earlier point. For this, you again need the recovery drive if you are unable to login to your PC.

Now all you have to do is select any of the previously created restore points to fix this issue.

3. Replace hard drive

The most common cause for when the hard drive short DST check failed on your HP, is a defective hard drive due to corruption or damage.

If the laptop is new, you can contact the service center and claim the warranty.

Before that try to connect the hard drive to any other computer and see if it recognizes it.

However, if the laptop is out of warranty, you may need to purchase a new hard drive for your laptop.

You canrecover your datafrom the old hard drive using a USB-SATA Adapter.

As you can see the solutions for how you can fix the hard drive short dst check failed error are easy to follow.

Even if your hard drive is not functioning properly as you’ve seen there is a way to recover your data.

We want to hear more from you on this subject so please drop us a comment in the section below.

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Tashreef Shareef

Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.

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