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March 8th, 2013 16:00

Inspirion 1545 "No boot sector on internal hard drive" and "No bootable devices"

I replaced my WD 250GB RPM 5400  with a WD 500GB RPM 7200 and I  get a "No boot sector on internal hard drive"  "No bootable devices" I have both original disks ( Operating System  Windows 7 and Applications.) I've checked the BIOS and it shows the new HDD. I put the Operating System CD in and started the computer than I hit F12 went to CD/DVD and hit enter I received the message "No boot sector on Internal  hard drive" "No bootable devices" What am I doing wrong?

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March 8th, 2013 17:00

Will the disc work as a boot disc in another system?  If not, the disc may be damaged.  If it does, then chances are it's the optical drive in the system that's faulty -- something is preventing the disc from booting the system.

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March 9th, 2013 14:00

I have the original disks for my Inspirion 1545 but I can't use these to reinstall the OS windows 7 64-bit and drivers How can I get the correct cd''s ?

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March 9th, 2013 15:00

How can I check  Optical device?

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