reboot no boot device found

[jojo328]

im trying to get my cousins computer to work but when ever i boot it up it says "no boot device found. press any key to reboot the machine" i reset setup defaults 

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

What I recommend you can do now is take the HDD, pull the files you need from it, and re-install windows from scratch.

[cfrozer]

does the drive show up in the bios?

[jojo328]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

What I recommend you can do now is take the HDD, pull the files you need from it, and re-install windows from scratch.

how do you go about doing that sorry

[jojo328]

2 minutes ago, That-Something_ said:

does the drive show up in the bios?

it says fixed drive not dectected

[cfrozer]

Just now, jojo328 said:

how do you go about doing that sorry

In the BIOS look for "storage devices" or something along that wording

 

[jojo328]

4 minutes ago, That-Something_ said:

In the BIOS look for "storage devices" or something along that wording

 

cant find it...

[cfrozer]

Just now, jojo328 said:

cant find it...

the drive or the setting?

 

[jojo328]

Just now, That-Something_ said:

the drive or the setting?

 

both ;-;

[cfrozer]

What motherboard do you have?

[jojo328]

1 minute ago, That-Something_ said:

What motherboard do you have?

im not sure the specs of the laptop

[cfrozer]

Just now, jojo328 said:

im not sure the specs of the laptop

What laptop is it? HP?

 

[jojo328]

 

Just now, That-Something_ said:

What laptop is it? HP?

 

its a dell laptop product name is inspiron 3521

[cfrozer]

OK in the bios look at the top for "boot" turn off "secure boot" disable "Load Legacy Option Rom" to Disabled and "boot list option" to UEFI

[Creed1]

Can you see it from the boot priority menu by any chance?  If not, its either a loose connection or dead drive. Any problems prior to this incident? 

[jojo328]

4 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

Can you see it from the boot priority menu by any chance?  If not, its either a loose connection or dead drive. Any problems prior to this incident? 

just opened it up... no hard drive

[Creed1]

4 minutes ago, jojo328 said:

just opened it up... no hard drive

Well then, that's interesting. You could probably put a nice 1tb 7200RPM laptop hard drive in it and install a fresh copy of windows. 

 

Even better: An SSD