No bootable device -- insert boot disk....HP Pavillion

[mangraviti]

Hello,
the hard drive failed... i like to install an external hard drive. I have inserted the recovery CD...removed the failed hard drive yet the error stops to recover

 

[jsmakkar]

Hello mangraviti,

You said your internal HDD failed and you removed it.
Now you are trying to install system on External HDD. You would still need an internal HDD to install system.