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‎09-06-2020 03:24 PM

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Product: Pavilion 6300
Operating System: Other

Assisting neigbhor with repairs to older HP 610Y Pavillion-   HDD is going  bad, and unable to boot.

Being an older system, there is no  recovery images or support for this product-  I am unable to install a new drive and OS and suspect it is due to the BIOS itself.   

I think the latest BIOS version on board is JUL 2010-  I have attempted Windows 10, 8,  and now seeking a Windows 7 Home ISO, however, still get the "drivers" issues.   

I cloned the old drive to a new WD SSD, and also a new 1TB Seagate.   I still get the "Media Drivers" issue.   However, cloning to the SSD,  system did boot up, and able to log on-  Neighbor cold use it, then it would not boot up  (HDDs not found)

MS says its old H/W to blame and need to upgrade BIOS-  HP says BIOS only from their site and not MB vendor-  HP doesn't support any downloads for this system due to age- and she cannot  afford a new system

Anyone know where I can find drivers for this system, or the BIOS download so I can use LINUX or FREE DOS to execute?

System was booting up and working ok after clone- then 3 days later-  It stopped-  It wil not recognize any peripherals, unless i unplug for 10 min or I clear the BIOS and reboot-   

System was runing Windows 10, and if I could bypass the SMART feature in the BIOS to Legacy, I can probably allow the system to "continue"  for now-  It won't do anything.

Tnx

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