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Asked: 2021-12-11T16:14:16+00:00 In:

Bios Shadowed And No Operating System Found

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I got a Samsung r580 from a friend. When I turn it on it’ll boot fine but will not go any further than the setup screen. The friend moved and I have no idea what operating system it had. When I go to change the boot menu it says no check connection. I’ve tried different memory and hard drives to no avail. Everything remains shadowed! PLEASE HELP!! THANKS

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      From what I see your machine should have come with Windows 7.
      If the hard drive is actually good then you should be able to do a factory restore.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6X…
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRC…
      Of course if the hard drive is not good then you cannot do this, it simply will not work.
      If you install a new hard drive then you will need to reinstall Windows from scratch.
      If you had the recovery disk set that your friend should have made then you can recover form this onto the new drive. If you had proof of ownership then Samsung might have been convinced to send or sell you a recovery set for your computer. Since you probably do not then you will have to purchase a new Windows 7 disk (Retail or non-branded OEM disk with key).
      If the BIOS does not show the new hard drive or confirmed good hard drive then there is something wrong with the cable to the hard drive or the motherboard itself.
      As mentioned, you cannot use a hard drive with a preinstalled copy of Windows unless Samsung sold it to you for that model of machine.

      You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

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