BOOT DEVICE NOT FOUND PROBLEM

bigyun2000

bigyun2000

bigyun2000

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Hi all
A few days ago after installing some (unpaid for ) software. Today whilst booting up my laptop (Toshiba) I got "BOOT DEVICE NOT FOUND PROBLEM"

Tried a few things all to no avail. So thought I would put my genuine Win 8.1 and try re-installing Windows 8.1. Tried all the different settings and i can't do a thing with it.

I can get get to a command prompt but not a clue from there.
Anyone have ideas or recommend any software I can try to use please.
 
Yes i can access Bios and i select to boot from CD. I run the installation but then have a load of choices. I have chosen each one but still nothing. Back in the old MSDOS days you could set it up by FDISK and FORMAT but nothing happening with these settings i'm afraid
 
bigyun2000 said:
Yes i can access Bios and i select to boot from CD. I run the installation but then have a load of choices. I have chosen each one but still nothing. Back in the old MSDOS days you could set it up by FDISK and FORMAT but nothing happening with these settings i'm afraid
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Is this after you've installed windows or in the process of installing
 
In the process of installing. It gets as far as entering the code which i do then i get some choices like troubleshoot, advanced etc etc. I'm sure at this point i could normally have selected install, but it wont do anything oh i think it also lists usb boot or something like that.

Says choose an option TROUBLESHOOT then the choices
REFRESH YOUR PC "is The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock & try again"
RESET YOUR PC "Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing"
ADVANCED UPTION. (BELOW)
SYSTEM RESTORE (cant do it
SYSTEM IMAGE RECOVERY cannot find a system image
STARTUP REPAIR. Startup repair cannot repair your pc
COMMAND PROMPT
UEFI FIRMWARE SETTINGS. restart - nothing

sorry its long winded
 
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bigyun2000 said:
In the process of installing. It gets as far as entering the code which i do then i get some choices like troubleshoot, advanced etc etc. I'm sure at this point i could normally have selected install, but it wont do anything oh i think it also lists usb boot or something like that
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Do you have more than one storage device attached? If so unplug them all apart from the one you want to install windows on
 
no just the laptop with SSD Drive and internal cd/dvd

Looks like i need a bootable software that can make a partition. Thats what it seems to be lacking
 
Can you create a bootable windows disk? You can then access the partition manager.

I’ve had this myself a few times. One occasion it was a faulty hard disk. I popped it in the freezer for a few minutes and managed to access it to copy off what I needed before replacing it.

Another occasion was a missing raid driver. But this isn’t your problem.

im thinking in your case it might simply be a potentially faulty hard disk. They have a shelf life. Even if you can get it to work, how old is the drive do you know?
 
Hi all. Many thanks for your assistance. I managed to do it at last. Been playing around with the MacBook Pro but have decided to sell it. I assumed it would run all my radio software and unfortunately the software is only Windows. I know i can install windows on it as a dual boot but got fed up in the end. So i'm afraid it's an ebay job.....
Thanks again
 
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