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Vjo · 02-03-2011, 06:32 PM

Can't boot, do a F11 troubleshoot and it tells me "Error Code : BIOHD-3 - Cant find a boot path - Contact HP Support"

My Drives (C and E) are both good and SMART is good so I think the drives are good. I have tried flip flopping boot drives in Bios (after F10) but it wont recognize the proper one (or any it seems). Right now I put in the original backup DVDs i made (the one HP allows) and it is running some tests. Everything is good except it cant find a boot path.

This all happened after a simple boot. Although it has flip flopped drives in Bios before and usually I just have to set it back to the right drive and then it will boot. So this flip flopping maybe was a bad sign of things to come.

HP, Windows, Vista Home

If I went and bought a new box, could I just place the C HD in place of the other C HD and boot? I seen where U-Bob said this should work if the old C dive is good.

I'm on my old P3, 500 Mhtz, 800x600 monitor writing this.

Any ideas? Any way to boot up so I can do a more current backup before prob getting another box?

Also anyone know a good boot disk DL for Vista or does it have to be made on the original computer? Thought I had made one but of course it cant be found. The orig backup disks I made dont seem to have a section for booting. Only to reformat and do some tests.

This BIO-HD error seems fairly common but I havent found the answer or solution after reading on it except to get a new box.

I need to boot up. Any help really appreciated.

02-03-2011, 06:32 PM
Vjo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy 4th of July :) Posts: 6,082	Help - Can't Boot - Error Code : BIOHD-3 Can't boot, do a F11 troubleshoot and it tells me "Error Code : BIOHD-3 - Cant find a boot path - Contact HP Support" My Drives (C and E) are both good and SMART is good so I think the drives are good. I have tried flip flopping boot drives in Bios (after F10) but it wont recognize the proper one (or any it seems). Right now I put in the original backup DVDs i made (the one HP allows) and it is running some tests. Everything is good except it cant find a boot path. This all happened after a simple boot. Although it has flip flopped drives in Bios before and usually I just have to set it back to the right drive and then it will boot. So this flip flopping maybe was a bad sign of things to come. HP, Windows, Vista Home If I went and bought a new box, could I just place the C HD in place of the other C HD and boot? I seen where U-Bob said this should work if the old C dive is good. I'm on my old P3, 500 Mhtz, 800x600 monitor writing this. Any ideas? Any way to boot up so I can do a more current backup before prob getting another box? Also anyone know a good boot disk DL for Vista or does it have to be made on the original computer? Thought I had made one but of course it cant be found. The orig backup disks I made dont seem to have a section for booting. Only to reformat and do some tests. This BIO-HD error seems fairly common but I havent found the answer or solution after reading on it except to get a new box. I need to boot up. Any help really appreciated. Last edited by Vjo; 02-03-2011 at 06:36 PM..