I have an old HP laptop running on windows 8.1, the owner forgot his password so he tried resetting it with some commands like (enter+f1+Del) thats what he says, then the laptop reboots, on the process of rebooting the power went off due to low battery.
Now if you power on the laptop it will display
Boot Device Not Found.
Please is there a way I can format the laptop so it can boot up?
If I have a Ubuntu boot USB and I plugged it in will it boot directly from the USB or I will have to input some commands so it can boot from the USB ?
Best Answer
Download and create a Ubuntu boot USB assuming you want to Install Ubuntu. Can you boot from that Ubuntu USB? If so that would allow you to reformat the drive that is there. Assuming you do NOT want to save any of the data for the previous owner.