Biohd-5 Error upon running diagnostic. How to

This would seem to be a power problem rather than a HDD problem. Check out the output of your power supply.

Hi and welcom to fixya
Your problem is actually with the hardware that error can't be solved by just reinstalling windows so i can only say that you should go to the electrical engineer.He will first see than i think he will change the part in motherboard some (IC)
hope that would be helpful to you

Have you looked at this: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/HP-diagnostic-tool-errorcode-BIOHD-8-Harddrive/td-p/162380

Here is a thread in a forum that talks about your error. It seems to be a Hard Drive Error. Might need to replace it.


http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/BIOHD-8-amp-BIOHD-5/td-p/304733

There are 3 step to repair biohd 2 error

If you got biohd 2 error then there is a 94% chance that your computer has registry problems. To repair biohd 2 error you need to follow the steps below:

* Step 1 - Download a biohd 2 error repair tool,install this error repair tool.
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* Step 3 - Then click the Repair All Button again and your done! It is very easy to repair biohd 2 error.

BIOHD-B or 8 is Basic Input Output Hard Drive, this is a sign that your hardrive is on its way out, and you need to back up all of the contents as soon as possible.

The faults that cause this error are generally the drive electronics not reading and sending the data properly, or the phisical working of the hardrive not reading the data properly therefore not sending in correctly. The way to check for this is if you hear any slight clunking or clicking noises coming from the harddrive when in use, at the moment they could be quite quiet and hardly noticeable, but will progressively get worse.
My advise is to back up the drive and try a low level format, and see if that fixes the problem or buy a new Hard drive. You can download a low level format tool fron this link:
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/

1. Restart the computer.
2. Keep tapping the F10 key when the Compaq logo appears. BIOS Setup Utility.
3. Select the Diagnostic tab.
4. Select the "hard drive self test" option and press enter to perform the test. Note: This test takes atleast 40 minutes. This will take you to

Pass - The hard drive is not damaged.
Fail - The hard drive is damaged and may need to be replaced.

hello there
depending on the error code it is hard to determine what the problem is
but here is a link that should cover almost all of the codes

1. C H a P T E R 1 - Troubleshooting Tools POST diagnostic and error message reports are displayed on a console. ... 0) Tests Failed:0 Elapsed Time: 0:0:0:25 If you specify a path argument to test ...www.scribd.com/doc/16604965/C-H-a-P-T-E-R-1-Troubleshooting-Tools - 94k - Cached

1. Restart the computer.
2. Keep tapping the F10 key when the Compaq logo appears. BIOS Setup Utility.
3. Select the Diagnostic tab.
4. Select the "hard drive self test" option and press enter to perform the test. Note: This test takes atleast 40 minutes. This will take you to

Pass - The hard drive is not damaged.
Fail - The hard drive is damaged and may need to be replaced.

I had this with a 3 week old HP (and a BIOHD-8 as well)

A temp fix at least, is to use knoppix, go to the partition program, and delete the main partition, and then add a new one  formatted to NTFS. You can then use the recovery discs.

You should also be able to access the drive via knoppix to recover data before you delete the partition, either to flash storage or across a network. I managed to recover about 55gb of data that way (I do a lot of video work)