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DPete27 wrote:Is this a laptop or desktop?
What was the system 32 error / what did it say?
Did you get a blue screen with white letters at any time?
Do you recall an unusual event (software download/install, drop, power outage, etc) that may have triggered this behavior?
Do you know how to format a new hard drive with Windows?
When you say "black screen" you mean completely black? No white letters? Nothing? Ever?
spiritwalker2222 wrote:Did you remove the old drive and just put in the new one?
I'm not certain what you did.
MEATLOAF2 wrote:I would check your RAM first, try with one stick at a time, and cycle through them. Try resetting CMOS as well.
Posting your system specs will give you a higher chance of getting help.
chuckula wrote:Good news bad news.
Good news: Your old hard drive might not be actually be dead.
Bad news: Because something else in your system looks to be having issues instead so it won't even POST.
Recommendation: Take out as many components as you can (including the old and new hard drives and all of the memory except one stick) and see if the system will at least POST. This isn't supposed to lead to a successful bootup, just to getting you to the firmware screen. Once you can get to the firmware screen, try to gradually add components back in one at a time until you get back to the black screen situation.
The final component that prevents the boot is likely the source of your problems. If taking all the stuff out still doesn't work then you may be looking at a bad power supply or a major failure on the motherboard itself.
DPete27 wrote:Ok, new hard drives come blank (think of an external hard drive, this is the same thing, just not in a plastic shell). So Windows has to be installed on them. What version of windows you do you have? Do you have the windows disc? Do you have your windows activation key?
If you have the disc, insert it into your CD/DVD drive and the Windows installation wizard should pop up automatically. You'll want to select "Custom Install" to install Windows on the new drive. From there, the steps are pretty straightforward and goggle-able.
DPete27 wrote:As soon as you press the power button, start tapping the Delete key repeatedly until you see something. The BIOS should pop up eventually. Then you're looking for Boot Priority.
DPete27 wrote:As soon as you press the power button, start tapping the Delete key repeatedly until you see something. The BIOS should pop up eventually. Then you're looking for Boot Priority.
Siurps wrote:On the old hard drive I had windows 10 installed
Siurps wrote:and it fast booted therefore I had no way of accessing bios
chuckula wrote:DPete27 wrote:As soon as you press the power button, start tapping the Delete key repeatedly until you see something. The BIOS should pop up eventually. Then you're looking for Boot Priority.
Sometime's it's "F2" instead of Delete, but the same idea.