Hdd External Enclosure

Hello Geeks,

I was trying to remove a password from a HP Mini 210-2072CL with a W7 Starter SNPC OA but the computer wouldn’t boot the USB Flash drive even though it sees it and I change the boot order /priority and it just goes straight to the internal HDD.

So my next step was to just take the HDD out put it into an enclosure and take off the desired data until I can get the boot order to function properly and reinstall W7 Starter. But the computer I plugged it into doesn’t see the HDD, not even in diskpart. I also unplugged and plugged back in the CMOS battery to see if that will work. Any suggestions would be great.

HumbleServant1611

 

For me SNPC = small notebook PC
OA = OEM activation

You'd probably do better by not putting the drive in an enclosure - that adds another layer of finding the correct driver for the enclosure.
Attach it by a USB adapter instead.

Have you tried pressing ESC at soon as you power up and restoring?


Also, how did you make the USB drive bootable? Seeing a USB drive is not the same thing as having a drive that is bootable. The fact that it goes to the hard drive might indicate that the stick you are trying to boot from is not bootable.

 

I used rufus an a iso image from the Lazesoft website. I think i narrowed it done but i havent tried it yet. It might be the flash drive itself because i used my Windows Media to get into the command prompt to do this procedure but there was some wrong with the command. Link

I havent done the restore because she wants files off the HDD first. I have an adapter ill try.

 

I've never used Rufus so I can't help you there.

Currently I'm downloading Win 7 starter from here: https://softlay.net/operating-system/windows-7-starter-full-version-free-download-iso.html

My mini netbook, a 7" ASUS eeepc came with linux so I really have no place to install Win 7 starter but I thought it good to have a copy just in case any one might need it.

 

Is this UFEI or just a BIOS? Is secure boot enabled? if so disable it.

 

It’s BIOS i dont see any option to change between UEFI and Legacy. Also I dont see any options for secure boot.

I tried a brand new 4GB flash drive and it didnt boot to it. Im going to try the Hardware adapter to extract the data.

 

Heres Screenshots of the BIOS screen

 

Did you check under Security?

 

It Only shows Admin. Pass. (Clear) and Power-On Pass. (Clear) nothing else

 

Through this i can directly select the flash drive but still nothing just goes to the HDD...