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lucylou123 Posts 1 Registration date Sunday February 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 23, 2014 - Feb 23, 2014 at 02:29 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Feb 23, 2014 at 03:03 PM
I have a compaq presario I get the black screen saying error occurred by unplugging external uSB drive. I have tried going into BIOS and resetting the boot order but I don't have a windows disk as product was already installed in the laptop. Is there anyway I can get windows back?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Feb 23, 2014 at 03:03 PM
Is the BIOS currently set to boot from the C drive or is it trying to boot from another drive letter?

If the internal hard drive is ("C") is functional then it should be easy to reset the BIOS boot sequence. If you have replaced the hard drive then you will need a valid Windows disk to reinstall the OS. Or you could instal another OS like Linux (Ubuntu is quite good and is free).
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