Can't boot into the bios

Hi!i need some help please T.TIve just changed my HP 14-d003la Notebooks HDD for an SSD.Saddly, after the cloning and plugging everything back in, the bios simply wont just boot. I even tried to put the HDD back, but no luck, ive done several BIOS recovery with the USB, still nothing. Everytime i press like F2....BIOS setup Options.....stays there forever Any clue on how to solve this?Thnx in advance!

thereafter you can't boot up into the bios with either the F2 or the F12 key.
Karl, you can boot directly into the BIOS by pressing (and holding down) F2 prior to pressing the power switch.
-Jerry

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Try this instructable?
http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/how-to-enter-the-bios-setup-utility-or-boot-menu-with-windows-8-1/

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Yes take out hard drive and connect it to another PC. Get help from your service manual for procedure for taking it out:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02659236
Adapter, something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Anker®-Converter-Adapter-Cable-included/dp/B005B3VO24
For configuring boot order, try this:
http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c00364979
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Hi!! This is my theory about not being able to boot into windows. If you have made a system repair disc like you should have made on day one; and your PC will not boot with the system repair CD, you probably have some serious hardware problems.
I'm going to steal this reply from cee64 again. A system repair CD can be made from any PC that is running W7 ect.
Hi I'm going to steal this reply from cee64. I'm sure he won't mind!
"It is quite possibly the hard drive is failing or has failed. The reason you can't get into the bios or boot from a CD/DVD is because the bios it hanging trying to recognize the hard drive. Try removing the hard drive and see if it will allow you into the bios or boot to a CD/DVD. If it does, go the hard drive manufacturer's support site, downlod their hard drive diagnostic ISO image, then use the burn from image option to create the self booting cd, then boot to it and run the most exhaustive diagnosis on it if it will boot. If you can't get it to boot to the diagnostic disk while the hard drive is installed you'll more than likely need to replace the hard drive.
If it won't get you into the bios or boot to a CD/DVD with the hard drive out of the system you need to try reseating the ram. If that doesn't help you probably have a bad motherboard. In this case it would more than likely be cheaper to just replace the laptop than fix it."
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-use-a-system-repair-disc-to-restore-windows.html
If Seatools found your HD good, then you have a good chance of using the recovery disks or the recovery partion to restore you back to factory setting. If that fails, you may be down to a bad motherboard. I know of no program to test the MB. You can use memtest 86 to test your Ram. I think it tests some parts of your MB, but can't say that for sure.
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.

Hi! I stole this reply from Jerry Edited One link, because it failed to open
Let's start here. The spec above says your machine came with 32-bit Windows Vista. Have you changed it?
We need to reach the recovery environment. Can you do it this way?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-happened-to-the-Recovery-Console
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Download Windows Vista Recovery Environment ISO X86 version (32 bit)
-Jerry
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Surface Pro 3 keeps rebooting itself into the BIOS

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I got the same problem today. Solved it by pressing 'VolumeUp + Power' buttons at the same time. Next time I rebooted, it booted normally to O/S instead of the BIOS.
This button sequence is one technique how to enable access the BIOS screen. I believe this button sequence acts as a "toggle" switch, instead of just a "momentary switch" or a once-only switch. I think what happened to me
is that I "toggled-on" this switch, and I kept rebooting to BIOS until I "toggled-off".
This is different behaviour than what I'm accustomed to on PC's, where I have to hit F2 (or F12 or DEL) every time, if I want to access BIOS screen.
HTH,
GC

Sooo... How do I get into the bios setup?

Now before you get out the pitchforks and torches, I know I'm supposed to continually press or hold a certain Function key when I first power on a computer.
My cousin left me his old Pavilion a410e. I figured I'd set it up for when family or friends needed to use a computer. Well... when I got everything together and started it up, I got an error. "CPU Fan Failure". (Now you see why my cousin gave the computer to me.) I popped open the case and saw the fan spin up fine when powering the computer. The fan's power connecter and the heatsink/fan are all properly in place. I tried to google for a solution, and came across suggestions to turn off the fan check through bios. The computer came into my hands with the 3.06 bios, and while in that bios menu, the cpu fan options were greyed out (unchangeable). I thought maybe a bios update would change that, so I went ahead and downloaded/installed the 3.10 bios update from HP. It installed fine (I guess), but now I can't get into the bios menu, no matter which key I press. Windows boots up fine, so long as I bypass the CPU fan failure warning by pressing F2. I'd really like to kill that warning. How do I get into the bios menu now, guys?

ComputerzEast wrote:
You may be able to go back to an older bios revision. . . some computers let you and others do not. I don't have experience with this particular model to know for sure.
I wouldn't mind trying. I'm not sure where I'd find older bios updates, tho. HP doesn't seem to archive their bioses on the site.
20YearsHPUser wrote:
In windows, what bios version does it report? -- you said you were able to boot into windows.
I'm...not sure what you mean, but if you're asking me which bios version I have installed currently, it's: 3.10. For Pavilion a410e.
nazcar4u wrote:
Ihis may sound stuipid but have u tried hitting the ESC key to enter BIOS?
ESC takes me to the "Boot Menu", which works, oddly... The boot screen says to press F1 to get into the bios setup, but it just won't work.

Can't boot into Windows 8 Single Language 64 bit or access the BIOS screen with the F1 key

I have in my possession right now a Lenovo E49, Model name: 3464
I am unable to access the BIOS settings at POST by pressing the F1 key. Neither does it respond to the Enter key when it displays the message "To interrupt normal startup, Press Enter". I am also unable to boot into the installed OS Windows 8 Single Language 64 bit.
For your informtion, these are the events that led to this issue.
I accessed the BIOS settings at startup using the CHANGE PC SETTINGS option in the CHARMS menu in Windows 8 Single Languge 64 bit followed by GENERAL and ADVANCED STARTUP. Then I chose Restart Now. Windows restarted to produce the startup screen where I chose Troubleshoot, followed by Advanced Options and UEFI Firmware Settings, followed by Restart. This took me to the BIOS settings screen. Once there I changed the boot settings in BIOS so that SECURE BOOT was turnned OFF. It was in ON state prior to that. I also changed the BOOT MODE to LEGACY ONLY. I also changed the BOOT ORDER to boot from DVD drive first followed by the Hard Disk and USB Hard Disk. I saved the changes by pressing F10.
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I am positive that the current state of the BIOS is such that it does not accept any input keys like F1 and F12 at POST so that the BIOS can only be accessed through Change PC Settings in Windows 8 as I had done prior to the occurence of the issue. Since I cannot boot up Windows 8 I cannot use this method to access the BIOS. And since it is not possible at this stage to access the BIOS settings through the F1 key, I believe Lenovo must have surely provided another alternative to enter the BIOS. Can you kindly tell me what other way is there to do this. In earlier days, one could reset the BIOS by shorting the BIOS through pins on the motherboard. Is that possible now? Or is there some Lenovo BIOS utilily that enables me to change the BIOS setting to boot with Legacy and UEFI? Or do I have to install Windows 8.1 64 bit in Legacy mode?

I'll see if another member of the team can jump in here and offer more help...
What I might imagine is that you can only access BIOS from a cold boot. Windows 8/8.1 have hybrid shutdown and don't completely shut down the machine normally, so even when it powers off, it isn't fully off and the next boot is not really a cold boot.
Please see this KB. I realize this assumes you can get into windows.
As you suggest, it also seems as though you have set legacy vs UEFI and that may be why your drive is not currently booting. Can you remove the battery on your system? If not, is there a reset hole on the bottom? Removing battery and AC and pressing and holding the power button several times, then re-attach AC and Battery and try to restart and press F1 to get into BIOS. (Not familiar with models that use enter for BIOS).
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Hi, can anyone help with the problem I am having with pro book 4440s? I can't boot into windows 7.

Hi, can anyone help with the problem I am having with pro book 4440s? I can't boot into windows 7, nor can I enter the bios cause i fogot the password. the error I am getting says "windows failed to start. a recenr hardware or software change might be the cause. it then gives me options to boot from a disc but I can't do that cause I am unable to get into the bios to change it to boot from a disc.
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