HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl Entertainment Notebook No Boot Device

Troubleshooting

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Step 1

The main cause for the no boot device issue is when the MBR is damaged or missing.

The system keeps a back up of this in the root drive and can be recovered.

The easiest fix it to have a Vista or W-7 DVD and NOT A backup!

Boot to it and choose Startup Repair.

If your machine is still with its factory configuration then you will be presented with two installations from
which to choose. You will want to choose the second installation it detects as your choice. The first is the
Recovery Partition. Do not choose this one else your machine will constantly boot into Recovery mode.

If you have a modified machine you will probably have only one choice in the Found Installations of
Windows. If you dual boot be sure to choose the one you boot to first.

If you cant get a Windows DVD then look for a copy of Windows RE and make the disc and it will perform
the same function. Start up Repair is part of the RE and not manufacturer specific.

Another note, you have to use the disc for your operating system specifically. Vista and W-7 discs are not
inter-workable on systems.

Step 2 if Step 1 Doesnt Work

Unscrew the L shaped label from the back of the laptop, that's where the hard drive is. Remove the hard
drive and sit it on the desk for 30 seconds (I noticed that it was loose; not in place tightly). After I put it
back in and turned my laptop back on, it was up and running like normal. I just had to press enter on
"Start windows ...." because it was not shutdown properly.

Step 3 if Step 2 Doesnt Work

Press Control + Alt + Delete and reboot the computer.

Step 4 if Step 3 Doesnt Work

Check for damaged memory by pulling a module out.

Step 5 if Step 4 Doesnt Work

Reset the bios to defaults

Booted from the Ultimate Boot Disk

Selected grub disk loader (not grub2, I dont know if that one works....I can verify this one)

This will ask you what OS you want to boot into, select WIN!!! MBR option

It will fix the boot loader on your drive, and the rest of the system restore should complete

upon the next restart the computer boots just fine.

Step 6 if Step 5 Doesnt Work

Tried running diskpart (from a bootable CD that provides a command prompt) and marking your partition
as active? Worked like a charm for me! I used a downloaded version of the Windows 7 recovery CD to
get access to the command prompt. Hope this helps!

Step 7 if Step 6 Doesnt Work

Do not recover using "System Recovery" Recover using "Factory Reset".

A more thorough description of the differences are given on the screen menu here:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02638587&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us#N41