yes it can. restart it then put your hard drive and boom your good:)
How do you get a computer to boot up with no hard drive? What are the steps or what is the process of getting a hard drive installed into your computer if it is not bootable because of a missing hard drive.
Go to system settings when the computer starts to boot up, and then it will show you what drive is your hard drive. The hard drive is what the computer normally boots in unless changed and the letter is normally C:/
If your hard drive is destroyed, then the computer will not boot up at all since it can't read anything off the drive.
Your motherboard (commonly called your processor) is the brain of your computer, it tells your computer what to do from boot up to shut down, it tells your hard drive to boot up Windows when you boot up your computer, and to shut down Windows when you turn it off. It controls every piece of hardware in your computer.
It depends on what you have set-up for the computer to boot-up. A normal setting is for it to boot from the hardrive or if you are on Linux the setting normally is; BOOT-UP LINUX *-Disk Drive *-USB Ports(sometimes, but not normally) *-Hard Drive *-Floppy Disk
Typically when your hard drive is dead on Microsoft Windows the computer will fail to boot and an error message will pop up on screen stating that the hard drive was not found or is corrupt.
MBR ( Master Boot Records)
If you know how to do it, the simplest thing to do is connect the hard drive of the computer that isn't working, to the computer that is working.
Hard disk jumpers are short conductors that you can use to bypass circuits in a hard drive, or break into the hard drive. They are most commonly used to configure the motherboard when you are not able to boot up the computer.
The best way is to copy the file from another computer with the same operative system but this involves to remove your hard drive from your computer. (if the computer do not boot up). Best regards
format the hard drive, if you didn't the drivers may be argueing
It sounds as if the boot order for your computer has the hard drive before the CD drive. Only do the following if you understand it, and are willing to try at your own risk. If any settings are put wrong, your computer can be fried. To fix, reboot the computer, and as it loads it should mention something allong the lines of "Press F2 for setup." It might use F10, F12, Delete, or some other key. Once you are in, find "Boot Configuration", or "Boot Order". Using the keys it tells you to use, move the CD drive before the hard drive in the list. Save, and restart. If nothing is in the drive, nothing will happen, except for the computer moving on to the hard drive.