Computer won't start up in any way

[ouak]

Hello, I've recently encountered the "Preparing Automatic Repair" and "Repairing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete" booting loop bugs. Of course, there are many ways to get rid of them, but each method in Troubleshooting that I have attempted never works. I can't even reset my PC and remove everything, it says the disk drive is locked. I can't do a system recovery. Whenever I type in the command prompt something that would usually help and reboot the computer, it says, "The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable."

I'm sure there is a sure way to bypass all of these, but I don't have much time for searching and watching, I'd like a concise answer.

My PC is an HP Pavilion All-in-One 24-b114.

 

[elbert]

It sounds like your drive is dieing. If its not under warranty get another drive and do a test install of windows. If you dont have one get this one that will make a good data drive or boot.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.33 @ OutletPC)
Total: $48.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 17:37 EDT-0400

 

[ouak]

It sounds like your drive is dieing. If its not under warranty get another drive and do a test install of windows. If you dont have one get this one that will make a good data drive or boot.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.33 @ OutletPC)
Total: $48.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 17:37 EDT-0400

I've only had my PC since 11/19/16, I haven't used it everyday and barely eaten up the storage.

 

[elbert]

The drive or system then should be under warranty. RMA it for a replacement. My guess being its an oem HP dont risk vioding the warranty. Contact HP to fix the system under warranty.
https://support.hp.com/us-en

 

[ouak]

The drive or system then should be under warranty. RMA it for a replacement. My guess being its an oem HP dont risk vioding the warranty. Contact HP to fix the system under warranty.
https://support.hp.com/us-en

I don't know if I have warranty, and I don't know which drive I need to fix/which one I would buy. My computer's glass broke a few months back and that took ~250 dollars to fix, and recently it slid off my desk when I pulled a chair, thankfully it landed unharmed externally.

 

[elbert]

HP should have a year warranty. You should see if your warranty is good by checking in the link for HP support. Here is a direct link.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/checkwarranty

 

[ouak]

HP should have a year warranty. You should see if your warranty is good by checking in the link for HP support. Here is a direct link.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/checkwarranty

(Idk much about computers) The hard disk drive is a hardware fix, right? And what if a replacement doesn't fix the problem?

 

[elbert]

HP has to honor their warranty. They will fix it no matter the problem or send you a new one. That said the HD is hardware.

 

[ouak]

HP has to honor their warranty. They will fix it no matter the problem or send you a new one. That said the HD is hardware.

Alright, thank you!