Is my hard drive dead?

[Crixus]

I have a HP Envy 14 notebook laptop but all of a sudden my laptop is not recognizing the hard drive in it. It says no bootable drive found. It was working find a day ago but then without Waring it has that sign. I have took out the hard drive and put it back in and other solutions from google but it still wont work. The hard drive in the laptop is a Intel Serial ATA 2.5" 3Gb/s SATA SSD 160G 5V 1A. If you guys think I need a new one then would you guys recommend a better one(faster)

 

[dumb_man]

If you have a PC, connect it to verify that its failed. However since its 160GB in size it may be over 5 years old and the likelihood of it having failed is quite high.

In replacement I suggest you install a SSD (128GB or 250GB) instead of a hard disk if you want your laptop to really fast. Or you could consider a Seagate SSHD (solid state hybrid disk) to reduce boot up time. Cheapest option would be a 7200 rpm hard disk