HDD wont boot windows

[biruk]

So there is this hp laptop a few weeks back the HDD displayed a S.M.A.R.T error so i replaced the it i bought a preowned one which was in excellent Condition but it wont boot windows i tried the CD and with a USB  it wont boot     

what can i do?

 

thank you in advance 

[pranav p]

did you check if the disk is dead

 

[WambleCropped]

2 minutes ago, biruk said:

So there is this hp laptop a few weeks back the HDD displayed a S.M.A.R.T error so i replaced the it i bought a preowned one which was in excellent Condition but it wont boot windows i tried the CD and with a USB  it wont boot     

what can i do?

 

thank you in advance 

is the harddrive formatted properly? UFEI?

[Zmax]

Boot to BIOS and see if the HDD is there

[biruk]

1 minute ago, pranav p said:

did you check if the disk is dead

 

it works there is windows 7 installed on it i wanted to change it but the windows 7 doesnt  display usb

[biruk]

1 minute ago, WambleCropped said:

is the harddrive formatted properly? UFEI?

ill have to check 

 

[WambleCropped]

Just now, biruk said:

ill have to check 

 

if it is in the wrong format tell me the format it needs to be changed to and I can help

[biruk]

1 minute ago, Zmax said:

Boot to BIOS and see if the HDD is there

okay but whats the button foe it on hp laptops 
cause on my legion it and external button 

[WambleCropped]

1 minute ago, biruk said:

okay but whats the button foe it on hp laptops 
cause on my legion it and external button 

think its f12 or f11 if i remember correctly

[Zmax]

One thing you can try -- If you have a windows 10 install USB flash drive.

 

Boot to it and start the installation process. But do not install it. Just go to section that will show the drives.   You can view the process on Youtube ==> Clean Install off Windows 10

 

You can format any drive in that section, Your HDD should show there

[biruk]

4 hours ago, WambleCropped said:

if it is in the wrong format tell me the format it needs to be changed to and I can help

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk has an MBR partition table.On EFI systems, windows can only installed to GPT disks

 

 

this is what it says

[biruk]

On 4/16/2020 at 4:21 PM, Zmax said:

One thing you can try -- If you have a windows 10 install USB flash drive.

 

Boot to it and start the installation process. But do not install it. Just go to section that will show the drives.   You can view the process on Youtube ==> Clean Install off Windows 10

 

You can format any drive in that section, Your HDD should show there

Thank you that worked