Windows is unable to start.

Owner of a Pavilion wa694ua #aba little more than 2 years.  Windows is unable to start.  During windows Startup Manager, I receive a status of: 0xc000000f and info: start the selection has failed because the required device is inaccessible.  What to do next?  I have the recovery disks, but is not no longer works.

Your hard drive may have failed and must be replaced. Enter the BIOS by typing/holding the F10 key immediately after switching on the laptop. Use Diagnostics to test your hard drive.

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