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‎02-27-2025 01:22 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion Laptop PC 15-eg1000 (43F53AV)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Inaccessible boot device

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‎02-27-2025 03:39 PM

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Boot device not found: Either the disk is defective or the OS startup needs to be repaired: Watch this video.


Tap the ESC key after powering on. Tap it once a second after you see the LEDs on the keyboard flash. When you see the startup menu, press F2 to run diagnostics. Make sure that the memory and disk drive diagnostics pass.
If a component fails during the UEFI test then Click here to check warranty
Lookup any of the 24 character Diagnostic error codes here.

and be prepared to replace the drive.


The BIOS may not be configured correctly to boot

  • Go into the BIOS setup.
  • Press F9 and any option that sets defaults on every menu of the BIOS.
  • Ensure secure boot is enabled and the date and time are correct.
  • If there is a boot option for UEFI chose UEFI.
  • Save settings when exiting.



Hard Reset

  • Turn on the computer by holding the power button down for 20 full seconds then release.
  • Press the Power button one more time (if necessary) to start the computer.

 

hp pcs - hard disk 3f0 boot device not found error

 

If the disk passes diagnostics then either you try booting into windows save mode or do a cloud recovery.

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