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So, I recently uninstalled Linux on my Hp Elitebook 8570p. It came installed with Windows 7, so, I booted into windows 7 to delete the Linux partition. When I restarted my computer, it won't start! I get the following error:



Boot Device not found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk



I don't have a live USB available in order to do repairs: it would have been simple enough to use boot repair. But, I found an option in my BIOS where I can change my boot method into UEFI, and I can then enter a custom boot path into the BIOS to boot from. So I wanted to ask, what is the boot path for windows 7?










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  • Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

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So, I recently uninstalled Linux on my Hp Elitebook 8570p. It came installed with Windows 7, so, I booted into windows 7 to delete the Linux partition. When I restarted my computer, it won't start! I get the following error:



Boot Device not found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk



I don't have a live USB available in order to do repairs: it would have been simple enough to use boot repair. But, I found an option in my BIOS where I can change my boot method into UEFI, and I can then enter a custom boot path into the BIOS to boot from. So I wanted to ask, what is the boot path for windows 7?










share|improve this question























  • Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

    – Mawg
    Jan 3 at 7:31
















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So, I recently uninstalled Linux on my Hp Elitebook 8570p. It came installed with Windows 7, so, I booted into windows 7 to delete the Linux partition. When I restarted my computer, it won't start! I get the following error:



Boot Device not found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk



I don't have a live USB available in order to do repairs: it would have been simple enough to use boot repair. But, I found an option in my BIOS where I can change my boot method into UEFI, and I can then enter a custom boot path into the BIOS to boot from. So I wanted to ask, what is the boot path for windows 7?










share|improve this question














So, I recently uninstalled Linux on my Hp Elitebook 8570p. It came installed with Windows 7, so, I booted into windows 7 to delete the Linux partition. When I restarted my computer, it won't start! I get the following error:



Boot Device not found, Please install an operating system on your hard disk



I don't have a live USB available in order to do repairs: it would have been simple enough to use boot repair. But, I found an option in my BIOS where I can change my boot method into UEFI, and I can then enter a custom boot path into the BIOS to boot from. So I wanted to ask, what is the boot path for windows 7?







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  • Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

    – Mawg
    Jan 3 at 7:31





















  • Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

    – Mawg
    Jan 3 at 7:31



















Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

– Mawg
Jan 3 at 7:31







Probably C: ? But, is there a possibility (often F9 or shift + F9, but google for your laptop model) to repair Windows? The worry, though, is that it might format the drive and lose your data. Your best seems to be to use another PC, or a USB stick with some rescue software installed. Good luck :-)

– Mawg
Jan 3 at 7:31












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If you had to switch the firmware to UEFI mode, it probably means the original Windows 7 installation wasn't for UEFI. And if it wasn't an UEFI installation, then there won't be an UEFI-compatible bootloader anywhere on the system – it'll only have a BIOS-compatible bootsector instead.



(I mean, that's why "UEFI" and "BIOS" are different modes to begin with.)



But if the Windows 7 installation was made in UEFI mode originally, then the bootloader path is (case-insensitive, and relative to the EFI system partition):



EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi





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  • Thanks, I try this!

    – Saker Alabas
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  • Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

    – Saker Alabas
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  • No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

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If you had to switch the firmware to UEFI mode, it probably means the original Windows 7 installation wasn't for UEFI. And if it wasn't an UEFI installation, then there won't be an UEFI-compatible bootloader anywhere on the system – it'll only have a BIOS-compatible bootsector instead.



(I mean, that's why "UEFI" and "BIOS" are different modes to begin with.)



But if the Windows 7 installation was made in UEFI mode originally, then the bootloader path is (case-insensitive, and relative to the EFI system partition):



EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi





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  • Thanks, I try this!

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:14











  • Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:20











  • No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

    – grawity
    Jan 3 at 8:26
















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If you had to switch the firmware to UEFI mode, it probably means the original Windows 7 installation wasn't for UEFI. And if it wasn't an UEFI installation, then there won't be an UEFI-compatible bootloader anywhere on the system – it'll only have a BIOS-compatible bootsector instead.



(I mean, that's why "UEFI" and "BIOS" are different modes to begin with.)



But if the Windows 7 installation was made in UEFI mode originally, then the bootloader path is (case-insensitive, and relative to the EFI system partition):



EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks, I try this!

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:14











  • Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:20











  • No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

    – grawity
    Jan 3 at 8:26














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If you had to switch the firmware to UEFI mode, it probably means the original Windows 7 installation wasn't for UEFI. And if it wasn't an UEFI installation, then there won't be an UEFI-compatible bootloader anywhere on the system – it'll only have a BIOS-compatible bootsector instead.



(I mean, that's why "UEFI" and "BIOS" are different modes to begin with.)



But if the Windows 7 installation was made in UEFI mode originally, then the bootloader path is (case-insensitive, and relative to the EFI system partition):



EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi





share|improve this answer















If you had to switch the firmware to UEFI mode, it probably means the original Windows 7 installation wasn't for UEFI. And if it wasn't an UEFI installation, then there won't be an UEFI-compatible bootloader anywhere on the system – it'll only have a BIOS-compatible bootsector instead.



(I mean, that's why "UEFI" and "BIOS" are different modes to begin with.)



But if the Windows 7 installation was made in UEFI mode originally, then the bootloader path is (case-insensitive, and relative to the EFI system partition):



EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi






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  • Thanks, I try this!

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:14











  • Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:20











  • No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

    – grawity
    Jan 3 at 8:26



















  • Thanks, I try this!

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:14











  • Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

    – Saker Alabas
    Jan 3 at 8:20











  • No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

    – grawity
    Jan 3 at 8:26

















Thanks, I try this!

– Saker Alabas
Jan 3 at 8:14





Thanks, I try this!

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Jan 3 at 8:14













Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

– Saker Alabas
Jan 3 at 8:20





Thanks, is there a path for legacy BIOS?

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Jan 3 at 8:20













No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

– grawity
Jan 3 at 8:26





No. There is no such thing as a "boot path" in BIOS systems – the boot methods of BIOS and UEFI are fundamentally different.

– grawity
Jan 3 at 8:26


















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