I have a HP Pavilion laptop, recently upon booting I get a 'boot device missing' error.I've had the laptop opened and ever

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
I

ixJake

Reputable
May 3, 2014
3
0
4,510
I have a HP Pavilion laptop, recently upon booting I get a 'boot device missing' error (F30).

I've had the laptop opened and everything is connected alright, so I assume I need a new hard drive.

Is it just a case of buying a new hard drive and reinstalling Windows 8?

Any help is appreciated!
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
D_Know_WD

D_Know_WD

Judicious
Jul 30, 2014
6,633
3
35,960
Hi there ixJake,

Most probably your HDD has failed. You can check whether it is recognized by BIOS, though I doubt it.
The best way to see whether this is the case is to connect the drive to another computer either through SATA or externally with USB to SATA cable and see whether it will get recognized correctly.
You can check this out as well: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01443463

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom