Hp pavilion dv600 laptop

[Rien1988]

Smart failure predicted on hard disk 2 wdc bla bla

Warning immediately back up your data and replace yours hard disk drive a failure may be imminent

Press f1 to continue

When I press f1 nothing happens this is at the start up is this serious ? Im assuming I need a new hard drive ?

[neuro]

yep, replace hdd, connect old one using hdd caddy to another working pc, still big chance to recover some data, use winhex great tool for data recovery.