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Hi, my HP notebook  does not detect the hard drive. This happened, When i accidently shut it down while it was erasing data from the hdd and when I did  the Hard Disk diagnostics check it said smart check  and short dst aren't installed . It also gives an error on a black screen saying (please install an operating system on your hard disk), (Boot device not found) and error(3fo). 

I would appreciate if someone is able to help me.

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