No Boot Device

Boot device not found
please install an operating system
hard disk- (3F0)
This is a fairly new laptop. Less than 6 months old. It was a gift. I was working on a video this morning, when all of a sudden everything starting playing up, then all of a sudden I get the blue screen and when it restarts, I get this crap.
Seriously HP. Other than Acer, you guys manufacture the worst possible laptops.
I have a lot of work and training videos on it, as well as music I have been making, documents and some EXTREMELY important research for an issue that I am dealing with.
I SERIOUSLY hope there is a fix for this.
HP 2000 Laptop which as stated was a gift from my ex girlfriend.
Thank you.

I had this problem. My desktop takes all size Hard Drives and to test it I put the Hard Drive from my TouchSmart and upon booting it immediatly detected errors. It did the disk scan and fixed the errors and i was able to browse the files in the drive which let me know everything was good. I then put the hard drive back in the laptop and everything started like normal. I would backup the files and clone the drive with some disk image software though if it does work just in case the hard drive does fail again.

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pepedopolous wrote:[..] it is btrfs. [...]
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Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome! This is a great site to get answers and ask questions. I would be happy to assist you. As there are many models of HP Notebooks, I would need the model number. (How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?) When I went to www.hp.com/go/techcenter/startup, it gave me documentation and troubleshooting steps to follow. One of the documents it provided is called Hard Disk Error Displays before the Computer Starts. NOTE: I recommend at this point you make an immediate backup of all important data and files. Here are instructions on how to Backing Up Your Files (Windows 8). Please follow the troubleshooting steps provided, re-post with the results of the troubleshooting in detail. Thank you.

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You're very welcome, Jonathan.
dv5 still isn't enough info for me to provide the service manual (in case there are differerent ones for the different dv5 models).
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My probook says:Boot device not found Please install an operating

My Notebook says:Boot device not found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk
Hard disk (3FO)
F2 system Diagnostics
for more info please visit: www.hp.com/go/techcenter/startup
I was used HDD Seft-Test Options, it say "Hard Disk Passed". But i try to turn on notebook but fair: Boot device not found.
Is HDD died?
Please help me, thanks so much!
Sory my english bad.
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Hello hungvocam
Thanks for posting on the HP Forums!
I understand you are experiencing an issue with your notebook. However, since this is a commercial notebook, you should post your issue on the notebook board of the HP Enterprise Forums for a better answer.
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