device not found Boot, hard disk does not exist... does that mean my computer is dead?
Suspecting that Im in a world of pain here. I tried to turn on my computer and it says "boot device not found" - performed in test failed... when I hit F4 and test drive, he said "there is no hard drive. The test of memory passes, but under the boot device not found says blue "Please install an operating system on your hard drive"... and to make matters worse he makes funny sounds when he tries to start.
Is there no hope at all that this computer working again? Is there a chance that everything I had on my hard drive can be recovered?
You are the very welcome, Jonathan.
dv5 is still not enough information to provide me with the service manual (in which case there is differerent for different dv5 models).
But here is the link to the service manual I've pulled at random.
http://bizsupport1.Austin.HP.com/BC/docs/support/SupportManual/c01550108/c01550108.PDF
Guess it's safe to say that all dv5 models come with the laptop SATA drives.
So, if you want to spring for $15, you can get this place that apparently has very good reviews.
http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817182138
From what you describe (noise and other things), I would say that you don't have much chance of recovering the data, but it's up to you if you want to try the speaker or not.
Here's what I recommend:
Pull the hard drive and turn on the laptop.
If the weird noise you heard has disappeared, then you can pretty much assume that the disc was the cause and replacing the disk and reinstalling the operating system will solve the problem.
If the noise is still there, while there could be another problem, and it might be risky to throw good money after bad.
Paul
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