installed a new hard drive/"no bootable device" message

[chet lemon]

Hi all,

A few days ago, got a black screen saying "no bootable device." Turned out the hard drive was busted, so I got a new one and replaced it. However, I'm still getting the "no bootable device" message despite the new hard drive showing up on and having #1 on the list on the Boot list, when I press F2 at startup.

I guess my question is how to do I get past this message, and to the point where I can format my new hard drive? I have the drivers/apps and recovery disks to reinstall Vista as well.

Thanks for any help

 

[voyagerfan99]

You need to boot to the recovery discs to reinstall Vista. The new drive is completely blank and unformatted; that's why you can't get past the message.

 

[chet lemon]

thanks so much for the reply