HP-355TU model failed to install windows7 operating system now

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Sir, I had purchase HP-G42-355TU laptop & now having a problem of not installing windows Operating System,not found the Hard disk drive, I contact with Service Engineer at Nanded Mr. Nadeem.Contact No. 9420232367. He replies that fault in your Hard disk drive cable. He unable replaced due to no stock. Hence contact with at Solar Mr.. Sheikh,Contact No.9970149535. He replies that the Hard disk drive Failed & to be replaced.
Then how to know the exact fault of Laptop? Please send me the Hard disk Sr. No. with my Laptop Sr.No. CNF034096G, Product No. XR690PA#ACJ. because I found might be the change in my Hard disk at HP service center at Nanded. My Email ID :- [email protected] ; [email protected]
Thanks regards,
M.S.Deshpande,
Junior Engineer,
M.S.E.D.Co.Ltd,Tuljapur Dist. Osmanabad Mobile No. 07875762223

Hi:
Normally that means the hard drive failed.
I know it was replaced but maybe the replacement drive went out too.
There is a hard drive diagostics tool your daughter can run in the BIOS.
I suggest she run it (enter the BIOS by tapping the F10 key as soon as she sees the HP welcome screen).
Then once in the BIOS, there should be a diagnostics menu..one for memory and one for the hard drive.
She should select the hard drive diagnostics application and see what it reports.
Then go from there based on what is reported.
Paul

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Hello, first sorry for my englich but I hope it wille ok for this Issue.
I have instelled the Win2012RT Server in VMware but the Installtion failed with this error:
Ok i chose the option: "I will install the Operating System later.",
and also tried
this:
http://www.techieshelp.com/server-2012-windows-cannot-read-the-setting-from-the-unattend-answer-file/
However, I always get
this displayed:
Last Log entry is this one:
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2014-05-07T09:42:03.978+02:00| vmplayer| I120: SnapshotTree: Emitting refresh (G:\VMs\Server2012RTVmware.vmx)
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2014-05-07T09:42:04.024+02:00| vmplayer| I120: Starting vmx as G:\Programme2tePlatte\x64\vmware-vmx.exe
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Ok. I could finde out the Problem.
I uninstalled VMware witht RevoUninstaller and deleted all Vmware sysfolders and all regKeys.
Important note:
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without Issues: http://www.techieshelp.com/server-2012-windows-cannot-read-the-setting-from-the-unattend-answer-file/
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Boot device not found - Please install an operating system on your hard disk

Trying to boot up this morning gave this error message:
"Boot device not found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk
Hard Disk <3F0>
F2 System Diagnostics"
Pressing F2 brings up to the "HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI" page, where its shown:
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Fore more info please visit www. ... ...
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No bios upgrade was made, never, only a big updating of Windows yesterday.
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Thanks, Perry G.

Hi,
The above error message shows that the Hard disk drive is failed on your unit. You have to replace the Hard disk drive and reinstall the OS.
To order parts click the below link
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HP Pavilion dv-4087CL Notebook receiving : Boot Device Not Found-Please install an operating system

My Duaghter is out of the country studing abroad. Her PC would no longer boot up so she took it to a support shop. They replaced her hard drive, fixed an over heating issue and reloaded her PC. Now she is getting this new error message and she is desparate to get this fixed. We have owned this PC for only 2 years. I am sure it is out of support.
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Normally that means the hard drive failed.
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My screen says boot device not found. Please install an operating system on hard drive,

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i am having this Error Message "Boot Device Not Found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk, Hard Disk (3FO)", While UEFI mode is enabled from bois but in Raid menu Both my hard Drives 1TB and SSD are Showing and I run the F2 System Diagnostics Test and it became as passed. In UEFI mode its not even showing my USB when i attach it for Window install But when i enabled the Leglacy mode it detteced my USB and also let me install my Windows and every thing seems to work fine. Updated the bios still Error is there.
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How do I re-install the operating system on my BlackBerry Torch 9800 - I am sure it is hacked.

Greetings,
Can someone point me to instructions on how to re-install the operating system on a BlackBerry Torch 9800 and then upgrade it to the latest release?
I have done this several times in the past, due to recurring hacking, but have lost the instructions.
Thank you very much for your help.
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P.S. I would preffer a releas of the OS without any pre-install applicaitons such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
and above all, Whastapp. Thank you.

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
The simplest way is to, on a PC (you cannot do this on MAC):
1) Make sure you have a current and complete backup of your BB...you can find complete instructions via the link in my auto-sig below.
2) Uninstall, from your PC, any BB OS packages
3) Make sure you have the BB Desktop Software already installed
http://us.blackberry.com/software/desktop.html
4) Download and install, to your PC, the BB OS package you desire:
http://us.blackberry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp
It is sorted first by carrier -- so if all you want are the OS levels your carrier supports, your search will be quick. However, some carriers are much slower than others to release updates. To truly seek out the most up-to-date OS package for your BB, you must dig through and find all carriers that support your specific model BB, and then compare the OS levels that they support.
5) Delete, on your PC, all copies of VENDOR.XML...there will be at least one, and perhaps 2, and they will be located in or similarly to (it changes based on your Windows version) these folders:
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6b) Or, for reloading your currently installed BB OS level as well as for changing it, bypass the Desktop Software and use LOADER.EXE directly, by proceeding to step 2 in this process:
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Instalation of operating system

I've been given a mac G4 400Hz, everything is in german, and I'd like to instal the operating system in english. I really don't know how to start, can I "format" everything like in a PC and instal afterwards the new operating system? Can somebody give a clue on how to do it? thank you

Hi, davi -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions,
If you do not want to retain anything that's now on the hard drive, then yes, reformatting the drive would be the thing to do. In fact, deep-wiping the drive using the low-level or zero-all-data options (whichever is available) would be best. Note that using zer-all-data will take a while, about one hour per each 10GB of drive size.
You can do that to the the drive while booted to an OS 9 Install CD, using Frive Setup drom the Utilities folder on the CD. Best would be to use a retail OS 9.1 or OS 9.2.1 Install CD - those have current versions of Drive Setup, one which does not contain a defect that earlier versions had.
You should select Mac OS Extended as the format for the drive, when asked.
This article can help in doing the above - Using Drive Setup
In order to change the language to English you will need to acquire a retail OS 9 Install CD in English; OS 9 Install CDs come with only one OS language version per CD.
A G4 400MHz model can be one of three models - G4 (PCI); G4 (AGP); or G4 (Gigabit Ethernet). This Apple KBase article can help distinguish one from the other -
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The G4 (PCI) and G4 (AGP) models can use a retail OS 9.0.4 or later Install CD; a G4 (GE) model can not use that disk, but it can use a retail OS 9.1 or later Install CD.
You can often get retail OS 9.1 or 9.2.1 Install CD's in English at sites like these -
http://store.yahoo.com/hardcoremac/index.html - Apple Reseller
http://www.applerescue.com/
If you are in Europe, you may be able to get such a CD in International English at similar sites in the UK.
EBay is another possibility.
Regardless of the source, be sure to get a retail OS 9 Install CD - those are white, with a large gold 9 on them; the retail OS 9 Install CD's have a universal installer; model-specific Install CD's do not.
Once the OS has been installed, it can be updated using download updaters from Apple's website.
In case you need the updaters (note that there are separate downloads for North American English and International English - the download must match the language of the installed OS) -
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Article #120030 - Mac OS 9.2.1 - Download and Info
Article #75186 - Mac OS 9.2.2 - Download and Info
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• Redo the drive as needed, using Drive Setup.
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I turn my computer on it says please install an operating system on your hard disk.

i turn my computer on it says please install an operating system on your hard disk. I've had my computer for 2 years and I never done anything different then I always have. Is there an easy way to fix it. Please help!!!!

Hi,
Shut down the notebook. Tap away at f10 as you start the notebook to enter the bios menu. Under the Advanced or Diagnostic tab you should find the facility to run tests on both the Hard Drive and Memory. Post back with the details of any error messages.
Can you also post back with the following.
1. The full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook - see Here for a further explanation.
2. The full version of the operating system you are using ( ie Windows 7 32bit ).
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After restore from 3 different media, all I get is "please install an operating system."

The hard drive quit in my stepson's notebook. I bought a new one, installed it. I've tried to re-install Windows 8 from the USB stick he created when he got it. Didn't work. I tried from another USB stick restore image from an identical model, didn't work. I PAID for the DVD recovery set from HP... didn't work. I tried a Win 10 DVD... didn't work. All have the same problem, When the install is "finished", every time I get an error message saying "Please install an operating system" on what should be the first boot up. After hours and hours of this crap I'm just about ready to throw the **bleep** thing away. There is no reason for this to happen, none. The only thing different is the size of the hard drive, it's 500GB instead of the original 350. Extremely frustrated and hoping for some insight, Ken

Welcome Blue.
You can clone the drive and change the product key.
You must make sure that they both have the same version of Windows COA's.
After you have the cloned drive booted go to START then COMPUTER then SYSTEM PROPERTIES.
At the bottom of SYSTEM PROPERTIES you will see CHANGE PRODUCT KEY.
Click on it and put the product key in that is on the bottom of that laptop.
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After bios update, will not boot, says install an operating system

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I have a amd hp 2000 notebook. i replaced the hard drive with an ss drive, windows 7. been working fine until the bios update, I bleieve, which lost the boot up parameters. how do I get it to boot. hard drive works well in another system so not that. getting the usual message, boot dvice not found, install an operating system, F2 diagnostics all pass. Hard disk (3F0) message
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How can i re-install the operating system without deleting my files on the computer

I'm Trying to re-install the operating system on my macbook, and i dont know, if i can only re-install the OS without deleting the Data on the computer.

If the Snow Leopard version on your Snow Leopard DVD is lower than the Snow Leopard version on your computer, you will NOT in any case be able to re-install the OS the way you want it. You will only be able to erase your disk and then reinstall the OS.
It will only "upgrade" and keep your files if the Mac OS X version of your Snow Leopard DVD is newer than the Snow Leopard version on your computer.

Installing Multiple Operating Systems with grub and Arch Linux

NOTE: Please keep in mind that there are many different ways to achieve this same result using various loop and ramdisk methods, read this with a separate window to jot down your comments and suggestions... this is ongoing for me so any help would be appreciated!
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This is my first post and I plan on making this topic an official HOWTO with www.tldp.org.
I have been into the computer security scene since 1990, but I realized that I had very little experience with the various LInux, Unix, and alternative Operating systems out there.
I have a CD-RW drive but being a struggling computer security researcher I had no money for blank cd-recordables. What follows is how I managed to install various operating systems on my computer (1 hard drive) without having to burn to a CD the ISO and then boot from that.
I first partitioned my 120GB harddrive into 10 partitions, the 2nd partition is a small swap and the last partition is extra large because it holds all the ISO images..
I then wrote a small shell script to automatically download (I love wget!) the following.
OpenBSD
IpCOP
Libranet
Arch-Linux
Fire
Local Area Security
Packet Master
Devil-Linux
FreeBSD
Knoppix
Helix
Gentoo
Yoper-Linux
NetBSD
RedHat
Slackware
The script also downloaded Installation manuals and md5 checksums.. (let me know if I should post... its pretty unsophisticated
I installed Slackware (personal favorite) on hda1 using my last blank CD-R, note that I do not have a separate boot partitino. (Should I?). I also installed grub on the MBR. I love grub, if you read through the man pages and all info you can find about grub, you can learn a whole lot. Grub has much more features and capability than lilo, even though lilo comes installed by default with slack.
I organize my kernel situation as follows... In my /boot directory, I mkdir KERNEL, CONFIG, MAP, INITRD and that is a good way for me to keep my kernels and everything organized.. Another good way is a separate dir for each new kernel.
Since Arch-Linux is a solid distro, I'll use that as a first example.
Here is the Arch-Linux section of my shell script
goge Arch-Linux
$w http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/archlinux/arch-0.6.iso
$w http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/archlinux/arch-0.6.md5sum
$w http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html
md55
cat arch-0.6.md5sum
md5sum arch-0.6.iso
md55
The first thing to do is to mount the downloaded ISO image so we can use it as if it were an actual CD.
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cdimage /mnt/cdrom
Where cdimage= the ISO image. EX. /usr/local/src/ISO/Linux/Arch-Linux/arch-0.6.iso
This mounts the iso as /mnt/cdrom.
Next you need to copy /mnt/cdrom to a separate partition for the booting process. So mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda9. ( I prefer reiserfs or even XFS to ext but if you use something other than ext2 you could run into some problems because some of the installation kernels and initrds don't include support for reiserfs and so can't recognize the files. Although you could use mkinitrd to create a new initrd with reiserfs support, that might be pushin it IMO... I use the 9th partition consistently for this. I know there is a "right" way to copy the /mnt/cdrom files so everything stays the way it is supposed too, using tar or cpio, but I'm lazy so I just do cp -rp.
(What is the tar or cpio commands to copy with correct permissions etc??)
So you mount the 9th partition as whatever, say /mnt/hd and then copy the files. Now what?
Now edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file to include the specific options to boot arch-linux installation.
A good idea is to find the isolinux.cfg file somewhere on the distro cd, this will tell you what to include in the menu.lst.
Here is the section in my menu.lst
title Arch Install
root (hd0,8)
kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 root=/dev/rd/0
initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img
This should be self-explanatory. The root (hd0,8) is pointing to partition 9. So the rest of the commands start from partition 9.
When you experience problems, remember you can always edit the grub boot options by typing 'e' and then edit the section. Also, a good idea is to include several variations in your menu.lst so you can easily try other ways to boot efficiently. And, remember to read up on all the installation guides that come with your distro, specifically, hard-disk installs.
There are special cases, Gentoo, has a semi-new compressed filesystem called squashfs. BTW, this is AWESOME, so check it out. It has to be compiled into the kernel, so some work is in order, but use this recompile to optimize your kernel. You can get the squashfs patch for almost any kernel. I use the latest stable 2.6 kernel. Squashfs is incredible and although I don't think you need it to install from ISO, you do need it to expand the livecd.squashfs filesystem that comes with the cd.
Heres a sample Gentoo section from my menu.lst
title Gentoo Install
root (hd0,8)
kernel /isolinux/gentoo root=/dev/ram0
initrd=/isolinux/gentoo.igz init=/linuxrc acpi=off looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs cdroot vga=791 splash=silent
A nother' tip is the shell that is provided if you experience problems, typically busybox or ash. The key tools to get you going from here is mount and chroot. Sometimes you will need to manually create a simulated file system and then chroot into it. For instance, you might have to create boot, etc, bin, directories on the target partition.
I generally install each OS onto the next partition (careful of the logical partition) and add it to my menu.lst after install. A good idea is after installation, copy the kernel and initrd(if there is one) to the slackware(or whatever) boot partition on hda1. I copy kernels to /boot/KERNEL/ and initrd's to /boot/INITRD, then menu.lst is more organized...
You then need to add an updated section to your menu.lst (just comment out the install section for later)
Here is the finished arch-linux section from menu.lst
title Arch Linux 6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 ro root=/dev/hdc3
This doesn't use my convenient boot/KERNEL/vmlinuz26 as you can tell by setting the root to partition 3.
***NOTE: Make a backup of MBR using dd and save to floppy, also backup the partition table to floppy, using cfdisk or parted. And boot disks (I use 1 with grub, and 1 with slack, and tomsbootdisk) will invariably come in handy. Tomsbootdisk is recommended, and make the grub boot disk when you install grub. install to floppy.
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The final result after some fun experimenting, is when I boot, I have a cool grub boot screen come up with the option to boot into whatever OS I want, this is handy for multiple reasons. One good thing to do after this is to port scan and vuln scan each OS, after you update of course. Write this stuff down and you will know the weaknesses/strengths of the various OS's.
I can boot a custom Firewall, snort, or multiple honeypots using this procedure, as well as a graphical kde environment with a kernel optimized for graphics and my processor/architecture, or an environment devoted to forensics or even an environment suitable for programming.
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P.S. Some of the cooler alternative operating systems are BeOS 5, EOS, ER_OS, V2_OS, and my personal favorite Menuet. Menuet is 100% assembly graphical operating system that fits on a floppy. Its f'in money!
This should be a good enough example to get you started, this kind of thing should be learned and not just copied... Knowing how to do this stuff could prove to be exceptionally useful...

Start by reading all the articles built-in on your Mac - Help > Mac Help, search "printer sharing."
http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/tricks/index.php/2008/04/how-to-print-to-a-cups-se rver-from-mac-os-x/
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080324224027152&query=share%2Bpri nter
http://members.cox.net/18james/osxprintersharing.html
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My lap top says boot device not found please install an operating system on your hard disk

I was on yahoo and page froze. I hit alt/ctrl/delete and nothing happened. I then hit ctrl/esc. I now have a screen saying boot device not found. please install an operating system on your hard disk. hard disk (3FO) What did I do wrong? this is a Compaq presario CQ56-112 NR Notebook Windows 7
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I would suggest going to the following link and going through the listed troubleshooting steps based on your symptoms:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01443371&cc=ad&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_us...
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BOOT DEVICE NOT FOUND - PLEASE INSTALL AN OPERATING SYSTEM ON YOUR HARD DRIVE

HP G6-2212SA LAPTOP ( 2 YEARS OLD) BLACK - WINDOWS 8
I HAVE RUN THE MEMORY TEST PASSED
RUN THE HARD DISK QUICK CHECK - PASSED
RUN HARD DISK EXTENSIVE TEST - PASSED
I HAVE BOUGHT A NEW HARD DRIVE, INSTALLED IT AND RUN ALL THE SAME TESTS WITH ALL THE SAME PASSED RESULTS. I BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE HARD DRIVE, SO I HAVE TAKEN THE NEW ONE OUT AND PUT THE OLD ONE BACK IN, AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GET A REFUND IF I SEND IT BACK.
I HAVE FOLL0WED INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS FORUM TRIED MOST THINGS STILL GET THE SAME MESSAGE.
I HAVE BOUGHT A WINDOWS 8 RECOVERY DISK OFF EBAY, TRIED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND DIFFERENT WAYS BUT WILL NOT LOAD UP
PLEASE HELP AND ADVISE AS IM IN A DELEMA
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Hi @Darren104
Welcome to the HP Support Community. I saw your post regarding the Boot Device not Found error message. This HP document Resolve Boot Device not Found Error Message will show you how to reset your BIOS. This will force the BIOS the look at the hardware and it might see your new hard drive. Another reason that it might not be seeing the hard drive is because there is no bootable operating system on the hard drive. You might need to look at taking it out and installing an operating system on it via another computer.
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