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‎07-20-2025 03:50 PM - edited ‎07-20-2025 03:52 PM

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Hello everyone! I am currently using a Pavilion 16 gaming laptop, and have just switched out the SSD card with a Samsung Evo 990 plus. After making sure it was correctly placed in, I turned on my laptop only to be met with the message "Boot drive not found", followed by asking me to install an operating system onto my hard disk. I'm not sure what to do, this is my first time switching an SSD out. I'd also like to add, that I only touched the battery to unplug it while I swapped the SSD card, and the actual SSD card, so nothing else was touched.

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‎07-20-2025 05:12 PM

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@Premixedtable84 

 

What is your Pavilion 16 ? Do you know what is its original SSD drive ?

 

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BH
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