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Asked: 2021-12-11T15:41:20+00:00 In:

Solved HP Computer Won’t Boot Up Or Go Into BIOS

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I am trying to fix a computer for a friend. It’s an HP desktop, running Windows Vista. I don’t know much more about it, because I cannot get it to turn on.
The message I get is

“Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key”

I tried to get into BIOS but it won’t go. I have tried F2, F8, F11, esc, I dunno. What should I try first? This is the problem they were having with it and were hoping that I would be able to fix it. I do not have a copy of the Vista install disk.

OMG don’t judge me!

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      Is it saying anything else? It sounds like it can’t recognize any bootable devices. This is most likely due to a bad hard drive. You could try buying an external USB hard drive case, and testing the drive with another computer. Having a Vista Boot Disc would be very nice in this situation because you could use system recovery to try and restore the drive.

      Another option would be to create a MS-DOS boot disc on a flash drive:

      http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial…

      Boot the computer with the flash drive in it, and it should load dos by default. Then you could run CHKDSK on C:\ to see if it’s a problem with the drive.

      It is very odd that it won’t let you into BIOS, which indicates that it might just be a problem with the motherboard. Does the screen say anything else when you boot the computer?

      Please list exact make/model of the computer.

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