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09-11-2026 07:16 AM
My hard drive died and now I can't get the Image to reload. It just comes up " Please install an operating system on your hard disk.
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09-11-2026 08:46 AM
Looks like I fixed it myself. I used F10 to unlock the bios, I had to set a new password to get it to save my unlocking settings. So now it's almost loaded my image file, it's done. Restart time, It works.
Thanks HP Support Agent Kuroi_Kenshi I used info from him .
09-11-2026 08:46 AM
Looks like I fixed it myself. I used F10 to unlock the bios, I had to set a new password to get it to save my unlocking settings. So now it's almost loaded my image file, it's done. Restart time, It works.
Thanks HP Support Agent Kuroi_Kenshi I used info from him .