BIOHD-3 NO BOOTABLE DRIVES DETECTED

When I reboot my desktop, I get disk read error occured and I did a diagnostic: everything are passed: excetp it read BIOHD-3, No bootable drives detected. Thank you if you help me.

i just got a new hard drive and 600w Power supply. i ran a diagnostics and get this erorr everything else passed. i went to my setup and ran the Smart Short Test and it passed also.
First sometimes it starts and shuts off 3 times before booting up. and sometimes my pc will turn on but nothing will show up on the screen, sometimes it does. when i try to start it up it goes through the loading windows and then windows start and right b4 it makes the windows flag it goes to a black screen. (im doing a clean install of windows 7) BTW. i Have no clue what to do ive tried f8 and changing the resolution ive tried safe mode then it loads and goes to a blank white screen. when the screen goes blank it also turns my keyboard and mouse off. Thanks For The Help

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There have been many changes. Sorry I have not updated the post. I now get this screen. I need to repair the hard drive. I do not have a Windows 8 installation disk as my laptop came pre-installed.
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HP Pavilion A6528 P Error Code: Bio HD - 3 "No bootable drives detected."

Hi,
I initially had a Bio HD - 2 error message, the computer would not boot. So after unplugging and replugging the Sata cables and running the diagnostic test I concluded that the hard drive may be shot and since I do not have another computer with a sata interface to test the hard drive, I purchased a new HD (Western Digital with the exact same specs) and installed it. After the installation the computer still would not boot ,so I ran the diagnostic again and apparently the HD was recognized and passed but now I have a new error message stating that while testing: boot path, the error states Error code: Bio HD - 3 "No bootable drives detected."I searched the board and could not find the definition for this error code.
Please advise.
Thanks

Try this procedure:
Unplug the PC and open it up. Clean out all the dust. Carefully remove and replace all the cables going to the motherboard one at a time. Do the same for the memory dimms and the video and sound cards if you have any. Then clear the CMOS. Plug your PC back in a give it a go. You might consider trying to use a different motherboard sata port for your hard drive.
Unplug all external devices other than the mouse, keyboard and monitor.
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Error biohd-2 boot path testing no drive detected

Hi, I have an error massage on boot path testing and says no drive detected. The error code is BIOHD-2. My dard drive and everthying is OK but somehow unable to boot. please help.

Hello ayaansharif:
These links might help you http://www.windowserrorhelps.com/biohd-2-error-fix-error-code-biohd-2-by-yourself-now , http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091109134242AAVBaGy, http://www.touchsmartdevzone.com/forum/thread/969/Error-Code-BIOHD-2/ ,http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/948483-solved-hp-desktop-selecting-proper.html Based on these answers it looks like they replaced the hard drive. Check your warranty status your computer maybe still under warranty. You can go to your computer's HP web page and click on manual go down your computers parts list and find what hard drive it uses then go to HP's computers parts ordering page and order one. If under warranty just contact HP Direct Support and they will ship you a new hard drive. They are not to difficult to install. Just time consumming removing the little screws. You may need to order a set of recovery disk from HP as well. Because HP's recovery disk include the operating system disks. Please click on Kudos if this resolves your issue. Thank you frrw.

No Bootable Drive Found, I HAVE UNIQUE SITUATION

Hello everyone, I would really appreciate some help!
I have a MacBook Pro and I've been trying to download Window 7 on it. Basically, I finally got a bootable flashdrive with Windows 7 on it. I have two actually. One made by Bootcamp, (Someone on youtube showed that altering info.plist on Bootcamp makes Bootcamp format ISO on USB) and one made by a Microsoft program from a different computer WITH windows 7 on it. Now, after formatting however, and after the disk partitions itself, the computer restarts and it says No Bootable Drive Found, Insert Bootable Drive and press any key, or something like that. I RESTARTED WHILE PRESSING ALT-OPTION and the only two things coming up are the Mac OS X , and the recovery. Now, the person with the video has the same model computer as mine and it worked for him, SO PLEASE Don't comment by saying it's impossible. Does someone know the problem? I'm sure the USB is bootable.

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I have the exact same problem!When i alt click there is only Recovery disk and Mac Os x.The system cant detect the usb or ?Please help us.
How do you know you have the "exact same problem"? The original poster did not tell us his model and year Macbook Pro, neither did you. So you may or may not have the same problem. If your Macbook Pro came with an internal optical drive, you must use that to install Windows. Until you know for sure that you have the "exact same problem", start your own thread and provide more details.

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Please can anyone help. i have a compaq 6735s lap top which is about months ols. Today when i switch on I have a black screen with the following message: 1720-SMART hard drive detects imminent failure.
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Hi,
How many months?
The error message might or might not be true. It is worth your time to go ahead and back up all of your data to an external hard disk
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usamafrombeverly hills wrote:
when i start the macbook & press cmd+R it goes to the internet recovery
Well then when you erased your hard drive, your erased the Recovery partition, also.
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After you've made the swap, hold down the option key whilst booting and select your hard drive to start up. Once you've booted, use Disk Utility to format the SSD ("Mac OS Extended (Journaled)") with a single GUID partition. Now you'll be ready to start moving things around.
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I have had a few minor bugs with Mavericks, and I finally got an external hard drive, so I decided to do a clean install of Mavericks.
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Besides the time difference and the data used on your network connection they are the same.
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Need some help (even after reading and re-reading all the Bootcamp posts and Manual):
i) Created partition its in FAT format.
ii) I know i need NTFS format for Wondows 7. As i understand it when the Windows Instaler runs, there is an Advanced button to choose and select NTFS?
iii) However, when i select Install from Boot Camp and insert my DVD disk with Win 7 .ISO file, it runs, the Mac Book Pro screen then returns a Black Screen with 'No Bootable Drive available - press any key to select' where-by nothing happens.
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hi mate,
thanks for getting back.
I managed to figure it out and now i can get passed this error.
however, i now get another error "select boot type. 1 or 2"....
so after doing some more reading, i think i need a 32bit version of windows as
my macbook is a '07 model.
Ill try that next.
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be removed apparently??).
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I am trying to install Windows XP/Vista 32 Bit On Intel Mac Notebook through BootCamp.But after installing windows successfully,when it reboot?resatrt,It gives me error message that NO bootable Drive ,Press any to key to continue.......
I have Downloaded Windows XP/Vista 32 Bit ISO format and burned it on my DVD through Disk utility.I can install windows successfully but when it restarted then it gives that message.However I am able to locate windows hard drive after holding the Option Key and when I choose the windows HDD (BootCamp),It gives me same error.
I started the installation in osx using boot camp, and the windows was completely installed, even the boot camp driver for windows was installed and there are options to restart into either windows or mac osx.
But when I restart the machine and choose to go into windows, it just can not boot, saying no bootable device. If I insert the installation disc into the drive, then I restart and go to windows, it can boot successfully.
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Much appriciated.

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Due to shortage of disk space on my internal drive I'm getting an external HD. After reading some of the posts here I'm considering using the external drive as the bootable drive & cloning the internal one.
My question is, how would go about I upgrading my OSX after this? Can I just upgrade the external drive? I'm a bit worried that I wouldn't have enough free space on my internal drive if I upgraded the OSX first (I currently have 13GB of space left).

My question is, how would go about I upgrading my OSX after this?
Software Update applies any update to the boot drive.
If you are booted from the external drive, the OS on the external drive will be updated.
If you are booted from the internal drive, the OS on the internal drive will be updated.

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1.1 I was hoping one of you might care to suggest how would I go about using my Firewire (FW) drive as a bootable drive?(I believe during restart I press the "T" key to initialize this process)
It is a 120 GB drive that I have partitioned into 2 parts a 30 GB which has my apps, etc, and an 80 GB section with work files.
1.2 Should I just use an app like Super Duper to clone my G3 and iBook HD's? (hmmm maybe just one of them) But that would limit my ability to use the FW for all and any HD's
1.3 I do have a bona-fide edition of Tech Tool 4, should I make an "eDrive" on the FW to reboot from? or install Tech tool on the FW as an app itself?
1.4 Or possibly one of you may know of a better suggestion to make a part of the Firewire drive a drive that can rescue other Macs, namely my own

1.1 I don't think 'T' is what you're after - that will boot your computer as an external FW drive.
Given a bootable FW drive, you can either (1) choose it as your Startup Disk in System Preferences, or (2) hold down the Option key while restarting/booting and choose the drive from the options displayed. I believe that (1) is recommended but there might be situations where (2) is the only option.
1.2 I'm not sure what you mean by "limit my ability to use the FW for all and any HD's". Do you want to use the drive to backup all your computers?
It is perfectly possible to clone a HD to a partition of an external FW drive. To do this, you can partition the FW drive in Disk Utility making sure that the partitions you plan to clone to are big enough, of course. Doing this will erase any data on the FW drive, however, so be sure to back it up. Some people also recommend writing zeros over the disk before proceeding. Again, Disk Utility has options to do this. When you partition, make sure that you choose the same type of file system as you're using on your macs.
I've never used Super Duper, but Carbon Copy Cloner will certainly let you create a bootable clone a HD on a partition of the FW drive. I use it for this purpose and have happily booted from the clones when necessary. If you consider CCC, be sure to read the documentation - especially "B4 U Clone" - so that you prepare the external drive correctly and take the steps you need to to ensure a successful cloning operation. For details see http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html. Note that the latest version is only for 10.4/10.5, but the earlier version is suitable for 10.2/10.3. I believe the latest version does a very good cloning job. The earlier version does not copy all the extended attributes etc. that you may care about. On the other hand, I have certainly restored successfully from clones made using the earlier version.
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1.3 Sorry, can't answer this - I don't know what you're referring to.
1.4 Only that if Super Duper can't do what you want, CCC probably can. Whichever you use, be sure to read and follow the instructions and to test the clone by booting and working from it to assure yourself that it really is satisfactory.
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Quick boot question -- cloned a bootable drive in latest Tiger, can i.....

I cloned a bootable drive in latest Tiger version; if i install Leopard on my Powerbook will i still be able to boot from that Tiger drive?? in essence i guess i would have two different platforms running on my Powerbook -- doesn't seem like it would work the more i think about it....hmmmmm.
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e to the d wrote:
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