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So I have an HP Notebook - 15-af152nr and earlier today I spilled a little bit of water on the keyboard. I didn’t realized for a few minutes but when I did I immediately wiped it all off with a towel. I later tried booting up the device, however, I got an error message saying “Boot Device Not Found. Please install an operating system on your hard disk. Hard Disk (3F0).” Is it possible to fix this at home? Thanks in advance for any help.

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Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.

 

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, I have a few troubleshooting steps we could try to fix the issue:  

  • Step 1: Perform a hard reset  (do not skip any troubleshooting steps if you feel steps are repeating) 
  • Step 2: Restore BIOS default settings
  • Step 3: Test the hard drive using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
  • Step 4: Reseat the hard drive
  • Step 5: Perform an HP System Recovery
  • Click here: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01443463 to complete the troubleshooting steps. 

Hope this helps! Keep me posted for further assistance.
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