Im getting a smart test failed on the hard drive - HDBIO-8 faults - contact HP support. Help

I have an office of A6500f.  I had starting problems. I have run the smart test and had a disk failure with error HDBIO-8 contact HP support.

I tried to reload the default configuration and all other means to boot the machine, but it crashes on the Welcome screen.

Hello

Should be BIOHD-8 , which means that your HARD drive is dead, please collect any data you must collect (if you can) and replace the hard drive at the same time practical.

Good luck

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