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CK_John

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4. The options are few but their is a boot order that can be changed, but it

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 08:50 AM

Oct 2013

seems that the UEFI is looking for old HD before even going to the BIOS. HP does have a factoryrecovery kit for 41$, I think it comes on a flash drive. I'm going to call them Monday and talk to tech support before ordering. Thanks.

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Looking for HP Mini 110-3100 factory recovery partition, HDD head crash. [View all] CK_John Oct 2013 OP

The partition is on the crashed drive. You're probably SOL on that but. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #1

I put a new drive in and tried to boot with an usb cd/dvd, but it will not boot anything without CK_John Oct 2013 #2

That is somewhere in the BIOS settings. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #3

The options are few but their is a boot order that can be changed, but it CK_John Oct 2013 #4

Others have had the same problem... ChromeFoundry Oct 2013 #5

Thank You, bigtime. Just about loaded. You been a big help. CK_John Oct 2013 #6