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Good day. I tried updating my laptop and suddenly it started jamming and then it turned itself off. When I tried turning it on it said "Boot device not found. Please install an operating system on your hard disk ". I was advised that I should replace my SSD with a new one and I did so. I restored BIOS settings to default as directed. The new SSD is fine, I ran few tests on it and the results was like " Passed, DST: passed", "Passed ,DST: Warning" and "Passed ,DST: Software error". As it stands, I can only access BIOS settings because this laptop won't turn on. If it turned on I believe I would be able to installing an operating system on the newly updated SSD. Now, I have a laptop, with a new SSD installed, that will not operate because it says "Boot device not found. Please install an operating system on a hard disk". I fighting this problem out of windows, meaning that I am not able to access windows because it is off and when I turn it on, it get stuck on a "Boot device not found....". Anyone who can help me solve the issue? I need help on how to install an operating system on a hard disk. What can I do to make it turn on so that I can be able to install the software update? Is there anyone who can help me?
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HI, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
Have you crated a bootable Windows USB using the official Media Creation Tool?
If you have, insert the USB into your laptop, then boot into BIOS and temporarily disable Secure Boot, and set the USB as the primary boot device, save those settings and restart your laptop to begin the installation.
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