Hello, once again I have encountered the bane of most my laptops. At first my computer was fine, then when I restarted it it just refused and gave me a black screen with this message:
"boot device not found
Please install an operatng system on your hard disk
Hard disk (3F0)"
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE DONE:
1. restarted the computer, Pressed Esc and then F2 to run memory and hard disk tests. PASSED.
2. Downloaded a windows 8 IOS and placed it in a bootable USB to try to reinstall the operating system
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There things got tricky. I know that I have to change the booting order to usb and accessBIOS via pressing f10, but when I do, I get the same message and don't go to bios at all.
"boot device not found
Please install an operatng system on your hard disk
Hard disk (3F0)"
I also attempted system restore with f11 and no avail... not even f9 for boot options works...
I'm guessing it's a problem with the bios?? But I am not that good with computers, so roaming the forums has done little for me. Could someone please dumb down my possible problem and if easy - medium difficulty to repair myself? Or should I go see a professional... and how much would that cost? average. (I need to know cause I'm a college student without much funds.) Basically If I would need to replace a piece, or just try and safe up for another computer... being that cheaper....