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‎08-02-2018 04:03 AM - edited ‎08-02-2018 04:05 AM

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Product: Probook 4740s
Operating System: Linux

I took my hdd from my a broken Lenovo, running ubuntu 18.04, with a bios-grub partition.

 

I put it on a hp probook 4740s, but I have a book device not found message, you can see the screenshot

 

2018-08-02 11.04.15.jpg

 

When I but from usb, and launch gparted, I can see my bios-grub partition, but it is not booting.

 

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‎08-02-2018 04:17 AM

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Nope.

 

A ProBook 4740s BIOS won't recognize GPT partitions.  It is from too many generations back.


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‎08-02-2018 04:17 AM

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Nope.

 

A ProBook 4740s BIOS won't recognize GPT partitions.  It is from too many generations back.


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‎08-02-2018 05:06 AM

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Thanks, bad news but you save me time.

@erico wrote:

Nope.

 

A ProBook 4740s BIOS won't recognize GPT partitions.  It is from too many generations back.

 

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