Solved HP 3F0 error, won't boot windows

FreeBooter · Sep 4, 2023

Restore BIOS to default factory settings and let us know the result also do get any other error message?

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Restore BIOS to default factory settings and let us know the result also do get any other error message?

I tried it and still getting the error and it's the only error.

FreeBooter · Sep 4, 2023

Can you perform hard drive test using diagnostic tool?

Change the Boot Order.

Reconnect your Hard Drive.

Fix and Rebuild Damaged MBR.

In this video, i will guide you on how to repair Master Boot Record (MBR) in Windows 10 or Windows 11.

Winuser · Sep 4, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Change the Boot Order.

As FreeBooter suggested, I would try setting the M2. SSD as the boot drive and see what happens.

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Can you perform hard drive test using diagnostic tool?

Change the Boot Order.

Reconnect your Hard Drive.

Fix and Rebuild Damaged MBR.

In this video, i will guide you on how to repair Master Boot Record (MBR) in Windows 10 or Windows 11.

I tried all 3 steps then when "Add installation to boot list (Y). Yes . It says The requested system device cannot be found

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

Winuser said:
As FreeBooter suggested, I would try setting the M2. SSD as the boot drive and see what happens.

I don't have the option.

Winuser · Sep 4, 2023

djaytop said:
I don't have the option.

You don't have the option to choose the boot device in the BIOS?

Edit: try hitting different F keys and see if you get a boot option.

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

Winuser said:
You don't have the option to choose the boot device in the BIOS?

Edit: try hitting different F keys and see if you get a boot option.

I have the boot option but I can't choose which harddrive . I can only change if i want to boot by usb/dvd drive etc

FreeBooter · Sep 4, 2023

djaytop said:
I tried all 3 steps then when "Add installation to boot list (Y). Yes . It says The requested system device cannot be found

Execute Bcdedit command and let us know the output.

Winuser · Sep 4, 2023

djaytop said:
I have the boot option but I can't choose which harddrive . I can only change if i want to boot by usb/dvd drive etc

That sound to me like the boot sector on whatever drive it's located on is corrupted or not existing. See if this can be of any help. Step by Step: Repair Windows 11 UEFI Bootloader

Edit: disconnect the drive you don't want to boot from first.

glasskuter · Sep 4, 2023

HP PCs - Hard disk 3F0 boot device not found error | HP® Customer Support

If the Hard Disk Error 3F0 boot device not found is displayed on a black screen, use the following procedures to try to resolve the error.

support.hp.com

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Execute Bcdedit command and let us know the output.

The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system deice cannot be found

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

Winuser said:
That sound to me like the boot sector on whatever drive it's located on is corrupted or not existing. See if this can be of any help. Step by Step: Repair Windows 11 UEFI Bootloader

Edit: disconnect the drive you don't want to boot from first.

This sounds about right I think there was something deleted for boot. The steps didn't work unfortunately. I tried AOMEI and it said successful in rebuilding but it still doesn't work

FreeBooter · Sep 4, 2023

Can you post the output of following commands?

Code:

Diskpart

List disk

list volume

Exit

djaytop · Sep 4, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Can you post the output of following commands?

Code:

Diskpart List disk list volume Exit

Here we go

FreeBooter · Sep 5, 2023

In this video, i will guide on how to repair EFI System Partition (ESP), if the system partition has been corrupted, you can use BCDBoot command to recreate the system partition files by using new copies of these files from the Windows partition.

djaytop · Sep 5, 2023

FreeBooter said:
In this video, i will guide on how to repair EFI System Partition (ESP), if the system partition has been corrupted, you can use BCDBoot command to recreate the system partition files by using new copies of these files from the Windows partition.

Thanks for the vid. I actually was able to figure it using this link: (seems like it's similar to what you have in the video)

How to Restore Deleted EFI System Partition in Windows | Windows OS Hub

This article will show you how to manually restore an accidentally deleted Windows EFI boot partition on a UEFI computer. This easy way to manually re-create bootable EFI and MSR…

woshub.com

But again thank you

for the time, this was such a headache for me.