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‎07-25-2011 12:50 PM

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Lost my hard drive

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‎07-25-2011 01:33 PM

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Up date your Bios to the current version.

 

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html

 

or:

 

It could be dead; hear any clicking noises or grinding?

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‎07-25-2011 09:33 PM

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Enter BIOS setup by tapping /holding F10 key immediately after powering on the laptop. Use Diagnostics to test hdd, or see if one is even recognized. The hdd may have died, not uncommon especially in laptops.Easy & relatively inexpensive to replace if needed.

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‎11-07-2012 10:03 AM

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I have a similar problem with my laptop where I thought the HDD was bad so I went and purchased both a new HDD and cable and it still says the same thing. Is there something else I'm supposed to do?

‎11-14-2013 08:54 PM

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I am having the same problem. I installed a new hd ran the recovery disks. And it is giving me the same message. I downloaded the bios update. But I can't run it unless I am in windows. Please help what do I do.

‎11-18-2013 02:22 PM

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Hello Bael71

 

I am sorry to hear you are having issue recovering your computer. It sounds like you do not have the CD ROM as a boot device in the BIOS. To add the CD ROM to the boot order you can reference the HP Support document Configuring the Boot Order in the System BIOS here.

 

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‎03-13-2014 07:16 AM

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Gimana ya cara perbaiki notebook hp pavilion saya error ! Ada tulisan boot device not found please install an operating system on your hard disk (3fo)

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‎05-08-2015 10:55 PM

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@karunathilake

 

Usually the hard drive needs to be replaced.

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‎09-02-2015 04:23 PM

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I also had this issue with my hp.. i tried changeing both the cord and the HDD but the problem persisted so i went ahead to remove the bios battry and presto it seamed to work good luck with yours friend

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