Reboot or get the correct boot device

Asked By Jesica Minnie 40 points N/A Posted on - 11/15/2012

 

Hallo,

My mini notebook laptop keeps on having issues. It advises me to reboot or get the correct boot device. Moreover, I am told to insert boot media in selected boot device before pressing any key. How should I go about this?

Thanks a lot. 

• Status: Open
• Question Views: 906
• Answer Count: 3
• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Answer Accepted: Yes
• Question Category: Hard Drives

Best Answer by Alexander Nelson

Go To Solution

Answered By Scott Aust 5 points N/A #134611

Reboot or get the correct boot device

Hi Jesica,

 

It seems your OS is faulty. You need to boot from Windows boot Disc, but it seems like you don't have a CDROM drive. So you need to boot from a Flash Drive. You need to make a bootable flash disk. There are many sites out there to help you make one. Here is a site – http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm . I hope this helps.

About Scott Aust

Questions
2

Answers
49

Best Answers
10

• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Posted on - 11/15/2012
• Question Category: Hard Drives

Best Answer

Best Answer

Answered By Alexander Nelson 10 points N/A #134612

Reboot or get the correct boot device

You may solve reboot or get the correct boot device problem by three ways. One:
Check if hard drive and motherboard are connected and cables are well. Clear of dust particles.
Two: Change BIOS setting.
Three: Check your hard disk and fix the problems. Go to start>Computer. Right click on hard drive and then properties>tools>error checking and perform error checking with fix problems automatically.
For more help you may visit: http://www.windowserrorhelps.com/how-to-get-rid-of-reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device-error

About Alexander Nelson

Questions
1

Answers
57

Best Answers
15

• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Posted on - 11/15/2012
• Question Category: Hard Drives

Answered By Gaabrielll Victoria 0 points N/A #197782

Reboot or get the correct boot device

Ensure that your booting priority are set correctly. Enter your BIOS and check on the Boot Order. Make your DVD on number 1 and then boot from your Windows XP installation disk. Go to Recovery Options and select repair your computer and then follow the on-screen instructions. This will take some time.  When done repairing, restart your computer and go to BIOS boot order again and make your hard drive to boot first.

You can also choose the Command Prompt option and enter the following command:

Bootrec.exe /FixMbr

This will fix your Master Boot Record.

About Gaabrielll Victoria

Questions
0

Answers
100

Best Answers
3

• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Posted on - 02/05/2013
• Question Category: Hard Drives