My Hp pavilion Laptop DV6125ea went dead while upgrading phoenix bois !!!! Please Help !!!?

Question

While upgrading the bios of my perfectly working Hp Pavilion DV6125ae with all features/antivirus/usb disabled from version F.06 to F.16 , the system completed till 50% and then the Blue screen of Death (BSOD) poped up saying that windows had to shut down in order to avoid damage. Since then my laptop is nothing more than a paper weight or a display model. I'm desperate to get it done as i have very important data on it, tried backing up but the HDD is a newer type SATA disk n i do not have an external casing for the type.

Giving it to Hp for warranty will take a very long time. help me out with any options without opening up the laptop.

Answer 1

I had the same problem with a dv9000t.
Try to find a copy of the Crisis Recovery Utility and a good copy of your bios from HP. You have to have an external USB floppy to perform the repair. I think it's hit or miss. You can find some help on Eldergeek. It didn't work for me, but it might work for you. I've going to have to send my notebook back to HP tomorrow. They got me good. Pull the hard drive and take it to a shop and tell them you need the data off it. Doesn't matter if it came out of a notebook or not, it's just a hard drive and they can copy your data off. Pop it back in the notebook when they're done and ship it off to HP for the bios repair.

Answer 2

There should be a way listed on the HP BIOS upgrade page where you can update your bios via a floppy. just put in the floppy and boot from it and then it should update it just fine.

If you're unable to get it to come on at all, there's nothing you can really except send it back to HP. HOWEVER, you'll want to backup your hard drive beforehand. To do so, flip over the latop and take out your hard drive. You should be able to find an external casing to hold it regardless of the kind of drive. The link below shows multiple casings for SATA drives.

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