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From the BIOS main screen:
→ Diagnostics → Hard Disk Self Test

Run the “Quick Test.”
If it fails, the drive may be damaged (common on older EliteBooks).

If you’d like, you can paste the output of:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo fdisk -l

</syntaxhighlight>

and I’ll confirm exactly which partitions are which — sometimes HP recovery partitions can interfere with GRUB placement. That’ll let me tell you exactly what to type to reinstall the bootloader correctly for your specific layout.


'''Prompt:'''
Drive is not detected. It was detected when it booted Windows 10.

'''ChatGPT:'''
Excellent troubleshooting — that detail is crucial.
If your HP EliteBook 8460p detected the drive under Windows 10 but now doesn’t see it at all in BIOS after switching from UEFI to Legacy, then the issue isn’t (yet) hardware — it’s a firmware/partition table mismatch.

Let’s unpack this carefully so you can get the drive showing again.