Ahhh, never want the "no hard drive installed" message......

Tried a couple of rescue efforts - nothing usable.

Rather than getting a new hard drive and spending I don't know how many hours reinstalling windows, etc. And the laptop was a little dated....

What would be a configuration for a replacement. Built a 'desk unit' w/ at the time top graphics card only to find out that still images aren't processed on the graphics card....

I did notice a massive improvement when I went from a mechanical to SSD for the hard drive (until it failed)

Thoughts?

Mike