Laptop HDD Problem, I think?

e36Adz

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Right this has got me stumped.

I am repairing someones laptop and the hdd is dead. I tested the laptop with another hdd and it worked, so I have just bought a brand new 320GB samsung hdd.

When I fit the new hdd I keep getting the message 'No bootable device'. I have plugged this hdd into my PC using an external USB enclosure and it appears fine in there, I formatted it with NTFS. However, the laptop keep says no bootable device found, even if I start it up without the hdd in at all. I am obviously trying to boot from the DVD drive which has the Win 7 disc in, I have tried messing around with the bios settings, does anyone have any ideas???

I have tried everything I can think off with no luck.

EDIT: The hdd also shows up in the laptop bios.
 
Changed the boot order in bios to DVD/CD first? What make is it? Is there a "Boot Options" menu on POST? HP for example usually have F9 for a one time boot menu, Dell F12, I think
 
d_brennen said:
Changed the boot order in bios to DVD/CD first? What make is it? Is there a "Boot Options" menu on POST? HP for example usually have F9 for a one time boot menu, Dell F12, I think
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Already have the dvd drive as first boot device.
 
Where is the DVD from? Is it a genuine hologram disk or a copy? I know it sounds daft but you wouldn't believe then number times people burn the ISO file to the disk as a file rather than burning it as a bootable ISO
 
Justintime said:
Does the DVD boot without the hard disk installed?
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It didn't, but it should have shouldn't it? That led me to try something else which has now thankfully sorted it. I borrowed my mates external dvd drive and set that as the first boot device, and it boots from that. I used that to install Windows and all is working now.
 
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