Sometimes, you may come across HP Laptop Non-System Disk Error or Disk Error on Black Screen. This error might appear when your computer BIOS cannot get a bootable operating system on the storage devices encompassed in the notebook computer's boot path. Given below are the steps that you can perform if you encounter this error. For technical assistance, contact HP Support. Experienced experts will get in touch with you and discuss your queries.
Why I get this error in Windows XP/7/10?
Every problem has a solution, to know the solution you have to know the root cause. The cause of this error could be the following reasons.
The boot configuration is corrupted in your hard drive.
Loose or faulty SATA or IDE cable on your HDD.
The BIOS settings are not correct.
Boot the PC from a media without boot files.
Steps to resolve non-system disk error or disk error
Now, you can repair the non-system disk or disk error easily step wise with these effective solutions.
1. Remove all the non-bootable media.
Ensure that you have disconnected all the media that your computer cannot boot from, that includes USB flash drives, CDs/DVDs, and floppy disks. After that, restart your computer and check if you are still facing the problem. If the error continues, move to step 2.
2. Test your HDD’s IDE or SATA cable
A loose IDE or SATA cable could lead to the non-system disk or disk error. An IDE or SATA port is a kind of interfaces to fix storage devices to the computer's motherboard. Therefore, a loose IDE or SATA cable will lead to the hard drive cannot be sensed by Windows, which may cause to the non-system disk or disk error in Windows XP/7/10. Ensure that you have connected your hard drive via equivalent ports and start your computer again. Or else, examine the IDE or SATA cable on a different computer to test if the cable is damaged. If not, move to the next step.
3. Set the correct media in the BIOS settings
Ensure that the media that you use has been set as the first boot device. Otherwise, you can restart your computer, and after that, press a key to use your BIOS. Now, go through the description to choose the boot order, then set the media that you need to boot as the first boot device.
4. Resolve the corrupted boot configuration
The corrupted boot sector, BCD or MBR could lead to the non-system disk error. Therefore, you could try to resolve them at once with Windows system repair disc or Windows installation disc. The detailed instruction is given below.
Put the Windows installation disc into the computer.
Boot into the Windows system recovery options, then, choose the “Troubleshoot” option, after that, go for the Advanced options and at last, choose the Command Prompt.
Now, use the given commands to resolve the non system disk error or disk error in Windows XP/7/10.
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
If the above steps don’t work for you, then contact HP Laptop Support Number to talk with the experts.