HP AIO 22-c0023na – not booting

[robmar0se]

HP AIO 22-c0023na – not booting

How to resolve?

Windows 11 with 8gb ram & 1tb HDD – very slow to boot – over 3 minutes. Cloned HDD to SSD but latter not recognised when attempting to boot from SSD.  1st step: identify BIOS settings.

However was unable to get access to BIOS

Currently when trying to boot – get 9 short  beeps, then 2 long 2 short which repeat several times, then quiet power light blink but not booting from original HDD.

Previously tried:

1. Tried ESC – no bios screen
2. Tried F2 – ditto
3. Tried f10/ del/f9/f12 – no bios screen
4. Windows key & B key simultaneously
5. Remove Cmos battery for 5 mins

Can this be fixed as it would appear that the BIOS is corrupt?

[robmar0se]

made some progress but still a brick wall!

I removed all peripherals inc dvd/hdd/mouse/keyboard and tried booting - eureka - message on screen said insert flash drive and then reboot.

Downloaded the latest bios update specifically for this serial no -on another pc downloaded the bios, opened it and followed on screen instruction to insert clean flash drive, which it immediately reformed and loaded  the bios folders onto it.

Tried rebooting with flash drive  - seem to work as intimated it rebooted itself automatically before finally saying sorry can't find file or corrupted - tried twice with the same result - even tried the whole process again reformating the flash drive but no good.

So stuck again but some progress made. - any advice please? perhaps not the latest BIOS?

Following folders on flash drive:  EFI/Hewlett-Packard/HP - each with sub-folders BIOS & BIOS Update.