Boot device not found

[Kha_d]

I format my laptop to install windows server 2003 for an official purpose. My laptop did not supported server 2003 and did’nt booted up. While showing the message:
“boot device not found
Plz install an operating system on your hard disk””

Now I want to recover my windows 10 back.
Is there any possible way that I could recover it???

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Windows Server 2003 will not install on your PC.  There is no chipset support for XP or 2003.

You can always clean install W10 by using the Media Creation Tool at the link below.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The tool will allow you to make a bootable W10 USB flash drive.  You will need a 4 GB flash drive for this.

The tool will work with the W10 product key in your notebook's BIOS and will activate once you are connected to the internet.

After W10 installs, you can install the drivers and available software you need from your notebook's support page.

[Kha_d]

Thankx for the help. I hv installed windows 10 using your method but the windows is lacking some features. I think it might get better with updates.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.