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I had bought new HP envy 14, NOW I AM GETTING HARD DRIVE FAILURE MESSAGES, Here is the story

I have used it for making reports, reading, using some map making software and watching movies apart from using internet, havnt used any huge softwares or games, i was just using internet then a windows pop-up msg arrived stating hard disk failure u have to repair or replace it. i have checked HDD from BIOS it is ok from BIOS but smart HDD check on startup states a potential hard disk failurewhen checked from SMART HDD check it asks to contact HP consumer care centre. ALthough laptop is running preety smooth but warns for imminent disk failure.last night i created recovery media and made default factory settings for it but this problem hasn't been solved.

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