W8.1: hard drive failure error

Beachybumm

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Jan 15, 2017
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Hi

I have a Dell inspiron 3647. When I turn on the computer, I get the error message, "hard disk drive failure. Strike the f1 key to continue. F2 to run the setup utility."

Striking f1 throws the computer into a loop back to this error message. However, striking f2 results in the computer booting up normally. I went into my bios, and everything seems correct, including the time and date. I even reset my cmos to default.

What's the issue here and how do I get rid of the error message? I assume the hard drive isn't broken if everything works fine once I hit f2.