Operating System Not Found

[No_3]

Heya i have a problem.

I currently have an ALL in One system in my hands. It is the Sony Vaio VPCJ2. It was working for a few years then suddenly the hard drive started making noises and then it died (i think at least). It ran Windows 8 64 bit. Now when it launches it shows the VAIO logo for approx 5 seconds then it shows Operating system not working. I have replaced the Hard Drive but i still have no luck and it does the same thing. I cannot access the bios in any way, i have tried pressing esc, f2, f12, f8 and every other possible button with no luck. Any idea?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Did you reinstall Windows after installing the new hard drive?

-Wolf sends

 

[No_3]

Did you reinstall Windows after installing the new hard drive?

-Wolf sends

I cannot access the bios or anything so i cannot install windows. I have installed windows on my external hard drive as a bootable tool from the windows website but i cant even get that far. Is there a way to install windows directly onto a hard drive if its plugged into another pc?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Per the User Manual Pg. 117, F2 is supposed to allow you to get into BIOS and change the boot order. If that's not working, then you're best bet would be to contact Sony.

-Wolf sends