Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device?

[KGhost343]

Okay, so I was playing one of my games earlier in the day, but i had to go to work so i i logged off and put my computer to sleep until i came back home. When i got back home, i got on my computer and tried to resume, however, everything was frozen that i clicked on. This is the first time this has ever happened to me. I hit the restart button on my computer and then i got a black screen with "Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device and press a key"

Everywhere I've searched, people with similar problems say its because of a boot priority problem, but nothing was wrong with it previously and i haven't changed anything in my computer recently. Others say it could potentially be a dead drive. God, i hope not because I don't believe i have any way to save my computer in that case besides getting a new SSD which my OS is on currently.

The BIOS is not showing my SSD but it is showing my HDD and my CD drive. I checked the connections and they seem fine as the day i put them in. Also, to add to the problem, if i try to install Win 7 to try and repair, will that delete any data i had previously because i just upgraded for free last week to Win 10?

I'd appreciate any help and/or suggestions before i call and pay geek squad

 

[markwp]

I'm guessing that you have secondary access to the web since you are posting here. If that's the case, go HERE and download the boot repair disc tool, put it on a thumb drive and run it. The easiest way to run it from a thumb drive is to use YUMI from pendrivelinux (HERE). Format the usb, install YUMI and then install boot repair into the YUMI partition.

Great little tool that will cure most boot issues.

Mark

 

[cheese9k]

Have you got a USB drive/CD plugged in to your machine? This could stop it from booting. I'd check that first and then try what markwp said.

 

[KGhost343]

thank you, i will try. i'll reply with the results soon.

 

[KGhost343]

okay, i downloaded the boot repair tool, but i have a question: is the YUMI file going to cause any problems? i noticed it's based around the linux OS but I have Windows on my desktop, will that be a problem?

 

[KGhost343]

I'm guessing that you have secondary access to the web since you are posting here. If that's the case, go HERE and download the boot repair disc tool, put it on a thumb drive and run it. The easiest way to run it from a thumb drive is to use YUMI from pendrivelinux (HERE). Format the usb, install YUMI and then install boot repair into the YUMI partition.

Great little tool that will cure most boot issues.

Mark



I tried your solution, however, when it booted up and i selected boot repair disk, it says No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found. Any idea what to do next?

 

[markwp]

A little more instruction:

1. Format your usb drive to FAT32 using windows; (You can also format the usb in YUMI, but be careful to choose your usb drive and NOT your HDD)
2. In YUMI, make sure the correct drive is selected under "Step 1";
3. Under dropdown in "Step 2" navigate to either "boot repair disk" (if that option is available) or to "install unlisted iso" (or similar wording)
4. Using the "browse" button in "Step 3", navigate your pc to where you stored the boot repair disk iso and select it as the image to load.
5. Once the install is complete, reboot to usb. A selection screen should appear that includes a "tools" section. Open that section and boot repair disk should be in there. Highlight and press enter and let it do its magic.

As an aside, it sounds like your usb was not formatted for FAT32 the first time. Also, don't worry about using a linux based tool on a windows system, it will not hurt anything.

Mark