Help with Startup!

[knowth]

Thanks to a virus I needed to restore my laptop to an out-of-box state. However, upon starting the restoring my computer froze and now upon reboot it says " Reboot and select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected boot device and press a key."

There appears no way around it and I can't afford a new one.

 

[Saga Lout]

Any number of Linux operating systems will let you make good use of your laptop. You'll soon get used to it and it will do anything Windows can and usually better. Download a version and burn it to a CD which will run in RAM so you don't use your hard disk at all. See how you get on with it. Here's one of hundreds http://www.pclinuxos.com

 

[jimmyjammywho]

What that message means is that you need to put the windows recovery disk in the cd drive. If you don't have one then you may have to do a fresh install of windows, what version are you using.

 

[knowth]

thanks for the answers! My windows version is whatever version Windows 7 is when fully updated and for the linx thing, woulx I be able to transfer it to the hard drive at some point as I only have 1 cd reader but use it quite frequently.

 

[bijanns]

The message is a error message when the BIOS can't load any info to boot into Windows, i.e. there is no install of windows on the drive. I would recommend a clean install, esp. after removing a virus! Windows 7 or Win 8.1 are good choices and also consider upgrading your antivirus!!!

 

[jimmyjammywho]

on the bottom of your laptop do you have a sticker with a product key

 

[knowth]

yes I do have a sticker with a product key.

 

[jimmyjammywho]

what version of windows 7 is it eg home pro enterprise starter

 

[jimmyjammywho]

also what brand is your laptop hp compaq dell

 

[knowth]

home prem OA.
It's a Toshiba

 

[jimmyjammywho]

ok so if you look on ebay for a Toshiba windows 7 home premium recovery disk you can re install windows

 

[jimmyjammywho]

also is your windows 32bit or 64bit

 

[knowth]

64bit I think

 

[jimmyjammywho]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RECOVERY-DISC-for-TOSHIBA-RESTORE-PC-or-LAPTOP-RUNNING-WINDOWS-7-/320972770427?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item4abb77cc7b you want something like that, put it into the disk drive and follow this tutorialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mME9VLT7-xw on how to install windows 7, when it comes to putting in your licence key,use the one on the bottom of your pc and your all set. good luck. also make sure the version you get is 64bit