BootDevice Not found

[snoozewaifu]

Hello. I am not very good with laptops and such and I need help with this issue . I opened my laptop and it said “Boot Device Not Found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk. Hard Disk (3F0)

I pressed enter and it took me to the HP Basic System Diagnostics. I completed a Memory Test and passed. However, when I tried to do the Hard Drive Check, it said “SMART CHECK: NOT INSTALLED” and “Short DST: NOT INSTALLED” and my only option was to go back to the main menu.

So I pressed exit and it said “Media failure, Check cable” Then the same thing repeats.

It is very strange to me that this is happening because it never happened before and I was using my laptop yesterday just fine. Thank you in advance for the help!

[DaveLembke]

Hard Drive Died if you haven't opened the laptop internally and haven't messed with anything inside.

Replacement Hard Drive or SSD required to fix the drive issue. Other option if you don't have money for a hard drive is to get a USB Flash Drive or SD Card if your laptop has a SD Card Reader and install Linux Mint to the Flash Drive or SD Card and run the computer off of that. However if you absolutely need to run Windows then you will need to replace the bad hard drive as for Microsoft doesnt allow installing Windows to USB Flash or SD Cards.

[patio]

Was it dropped ? ?

[softwaretested]

Try to reseat the hard drive. If you have Intel Optane memory installed, make sure that it is configured correctly.