Can anyone help hey b my old laptop doesn't have a boot device on it
The model is a HP Pavillion G6
It was originally Windows 8
I have windows xp disc i could use or a linux disc
The boot up screen reads
"Boot device not found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk
Hard disk(3f0)
F2 system diagnostic" thanks guys
Which linux disc? I'd use that over XP for sure. Boot to disc.
Can you walk me through quick im a pc noob. Shall i turn it off put in xp and wait for something or do i have to mash f11 or something like that.
My bad not linux Ubuntu
F10, f12, esc or f2 generally
Brought me here
Laptop was likely mishandled, and the mechanical drive was damaged. Replace with SSD and Linux Mint
System configuration, boot options
System configuration -> boot priority.
Linux is a base that comes in various flavours. Ubuntu is a linux flavour or "distro".
This might sound silly but I was Googling your problem and it could be that you need to manually remove the hard drive and reseat the connection.
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Linux mint
Move OS down to third on boot priorities and then save and reboot. Make sure install disc is in CD tray.
What do i do after this
I don't see boot priorities
Oh wait i understand. What should be 1st 2nd 3rd etc
had EXACTLY the same shit with the SAME model. It happened 2 weeks after warranty was over. Still called HP and told them I'm mad af. got a new HDD. And half a year of warranty extra. guess what.. the new HDD broke 2 weeks after warranty endet. they do it on purpose ffs
What a bunch of cunts
still, time to buy a new one
>Internal CD
>USB Drive
>OS
in that order
Whatever you want to boot from, obviously.
If a disc is all you have just use internet CD/DVD
I got this.
You possibly didn't install a grub boot loader if your system is running linux and your getting that message, the message normally means.
1. Unable to find the OS
2. You might have a device like a flash drive plugged in that doesn't have a bootable loader.
3. OS is missing its loader.
Do a legacy boot, you're going to have to find the boot menu by pressing f10 a fuck-load of times, along with esc, hopefully one of them will make it pop open.
Try the other disc.
Your hard drive is fucked and that's why it cant find a boot device.
It's probably system 32
It's a totaled disk drive. Going to need replaced. Just trying to get the live version of Ubuntu to run from disc.
UEFI doesn't allow most GNU/Linux OS, has to boot legacy to get OS to work.
How do i do a legacy boot exactly
Also what shall i make my legacy boot order?
By opening the boot menu instead of system configuration. Basically, avoid F2, this time around, and button mash Esc, F10, and F12. Should give you boot options. The bottom half of the list should say Legacy.
Disable secure boot in UEFI (BIOS) and then make your legacy boot the same as your UEFI boot.
It also says legacy support, make sure it's enabled.
>UEFI doesn't allow most GNU/Linux OS
Bullshit. All modern mainstream distros work well with UEFI.
But yeah, it's probably not very modern. Or it's XP.
Im now here
Im using x0
Step 1: pick up laptop
Step 2: place laptop into trash
Most of them run in Legacy, UEFI isn't GNU/Linux friendly. You have to authorize every operating system prior to installing it. Except Ubuntu variants that are 14.04 or higher.
Did you enable legacy before entering the boot menu? Glad you found it nevertheless.
Yes i did. What one shall i select
Whichever bootable medium you're using. Likely a CD, so internal cd/dvd
Just find some friend who is not braindead. I don't see you doing it on your own.
He isn't doing it on his own, he's got my assistance. OP isn't talking to himself.
Okay thanks guys its working
Pics or it didn't happen
>Guys
>Implying anyone other than me contributed shit to this conversations
#BringBackIDs
fuck off
I got my old notebook as well rn. Good job on the thread OP, got me motivated to fix mine as well. Downloading linux mint now
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Thankyou dude. Would pay you if i had the money. But then again if i had the money i would have just bought a new pc.
I basically fucking ali
OP, listen to this guy. If Windows wans't removed from the drive, it may have been damaged. With that being the case yiu can still go into the BIOS menu (as you already have) and set the boot prioroty to CD/DVD or USB depending on what you have linux on. IF the HD drive is dead then you will never be able to actually install it though but can always run Linux off a USB, just need a big 32/64gb to actually store files and compute normally.
is it actually possible to run from CD and use an external HDD for storage? Because all i got is a shitty 4gb usb
Literally all you had to do was press Ctrl+Alt+Del
You still may encounter HDD problems, but unlike Windows, a few failed sectors generally don't prevent a working GNU/Linux OS. SSD are better for laptops because no moving parts means that it's harder to break. Even setting the laptop down too hard while it's on could damage the drive.
You may actually want to turn that 4GB flash drive into a bootable ubuntu installation disc. I find that the OS freezes over an extender period of time using the CD. Specifically when you go afk and the screen has the chance to go black.
How many USB ports does that mofo have?
If you have an external drive connected via USB, you may be able to load linux onto that and boot from it as well but I have never tried that.
You can still use the 4gb usb to run the operating system from but it will get bogged down fairly quickly from just surfing the net. All that porn and music from YT will fill up fairly quick.
ok, will do. But what about the storage? My hdd is unusable. after about 2 minutes it looks like pic related
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ok thx. But 16 GB might work out?
Not in trial mode
Oh god you're using linux when you don't even know how to boot up from a disk. But meh its Ubuntu so you should be good. However the package manager is trash in my opinion.
Back up your shit before you clear out your partitions though.
Find a desktop that has raid capabilities, plug in 3 flash drives and put them into raid0, and install GNU/Linux to the raided drives. Power down the computer, remove the drives, plug them into your laptop, boot from USB, enjoy your Linux ssd raid.
16GB might work but dont buy one yet. I would install ubuntu onto the 4gb one and just fuck around with it for now, see if you like it If you have another computer, you can always go and download different linix distros on it to find what you like. I preferred Linux mint but Ubuntu is fine. You also need to get software to make the USB bootable. YOu just download the linux ISO and the "boot maker" and the boot maker will put it on the usb for you.
The other option is using that loader built in to ubuntu and just going form there. In one Pic I noticed it found 4.4 gb avail... was that from your USB stick or from the HD?
Cloud storage is also an option
Will consider doing so.
I am not OP, I am
[]Hard disk might have failed.
[]Partition on the hard disk might be corrupted.
[]Boot sector on the hard disk might be corrupted.
Easiest way to find out would be to boot from a live-cd, usb drive, or other hard drive, just to make sure your system otherwise still works. After trying that try to reinstall windows and see if you can "repair" the installation.
If that fails try reinstalling windows and reformat the hard drive during that process.
If that fails feel free to try installing ANY operating system.
After that you need to buy and install a new hard drive and install an operating system on that.
If that isn't the problem then most likely a micro controller on the motherboard of your computer blew out and you need a new one.
>I am not OP, I am
Ahh ok.
Also based on that pic you showed, are you sure your moboard and gpu are not fried too? Linux wont fix that. It just gives you a usb bootable option now that the HD is failed.
Check eBay for KingFast SSD, it's a chinese knockoff of Kingston, but it's cheap and faster than HDD, and less likely to break on you than HDD or flash disk raid. Only $15-$30 each. Was going to buy a few for a raid myself actually. One for external storage also.
Last time it happened I changed the HDD and it kinda worked for half a year. I assume it's a manufacturing error of the MB, why would it boot otherwise and work if its the GPU. Also see , I had the same problem and as it states, somethings wrong with the HDD.
I'll just try. Otherwise might still change the HDD for a cheap 128gb and sell the notebook on craigslist ..
>why would it boot otherwise and work if its the GPU.
They can still work by using the CPU for all GPU tasks. OR the GPU/MOBO could just be janky and still kinda work but with weird colors and glitches.
I would try a live cd or prefferably a bootable USB in the mean time before any purchases are made.
get the fuck out nerds