I have an Asus K52f-BBR5 laptop. The original hard drive had the click of death and was discarded. I did make the restoration/recover DVDs (3 total) when I first got the computer, and made a second copy of that set.
I had an old 320GB hard drive from my mom's Compaq CQ62-423NR after I upgraded the drive to a 1TB drive. The old 320GB drive was used in an external case. It was working up until I removed it from the external case to use as a replacement for the Asus K52F.
I installed the 320GB into the Asus and put the first restore DVD. I made sure in BIOS that the optical drive was #1 in boot priority (it was). The 320GB was listed as #2. After exiting BIOS it booted from the disc with a prompt warning me that the drive will be erased. I clicked "yes" to proceed.
I followed the prompts on when to insert the #2 and #3 discs. After the third disc a prompt came up saying it was successful. I took the third disc out and clicked "OK". The computer rebooted to a black screen with "Reboot and select proper boot device."
I tried using a Windows 10 DVD I made from Microsoft's downloadable ISO as I read you can use the existing Windows 7 key. After entering the key and checking the "I agree" box it said "We couldn't find any drives".
I ended up buying a 240GB Patriot Ignite SSD and tried the Windows 10 route. After checking the "I agree" box it went to the next screen and listed the Patriot drive. I canceled and figured since the drive was noticed I'll just go use the Asus restore discs. I went through the process twice using both sets of restore discs and still got the "Reboot and select proper boot device" message.
I then decided to go the Windows 10 route since it saw the Patriot Ignite the first time. After the "I agree" screen it said "We couldn't find any drives".
I tried changing the SATA port from AHCI (default) to IDE and that didn't work either.
Both the 320GB and the Patriot Ignite were listed in BIOS.
I'm sure it's something simple I overlooked but I want to throw this thing against an immoveable object right now!
I had an old 320GB hard drive from my mom's Compaq CQ62-423NR after I upgraded the drive to a 1TB drive. The old 320GB drive was used in an external case. It was working up until I removed it from the external case to use as a replacement for the Asus K52F.
I installed the 320GB into the Asus and put the first restore DVD. I made sure in BIOS that the optical drive was #1 in boot priority (it was). The 320GB was listed as #2. After exiting BIOS it booted from the disc with a prompt warning me that the drive will be erased. I clicked "yes" to proceed.
I followed the prompts on when to insert the #2 and #3 discs. After the third disc a prompt came up saying it was successful. I took the third disc out and clicked "OK". The computer rebooted to a black screen with "Reboot and select proper boot device."
I tried using a Windows 10 DVD I made from Microsoft's downloadable ISO as I read you can use the existing Windows 7 key. After entering the key and checking the "I agree" box it said "We couldn't find any drives".
I ended up buying a 240GB Patriot Ignite SSD and tried the Windows 10 route. After checking the "I agree" box it went to the next screen and listed the Patriot drive. I canceled and figured since the drive was noticed I'll just go use the Asus restore discs. I went through the process twice using both sets of restore discs and still got the "Reboot and select proper boot device" message.
I then decided to go the Windows 10 route since it saw the Patriot Ignite the first time. After the "I agree" screen it said "We couldn't find any drives".
I tried changing the SATA port from AHCI (default) to IDE and that didn't work either.
Both the 320GB and the Patriot Ignite were listed in BIOS.
I'm sure it's something simple I overlooked but I want to throw this thing against an immoveable object right now!