Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device

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  1. Gav

    Gav Well-Known Member

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    I got my new system from Cyberpower Systems, hooked it up, turned it on and this message keeps coming up:
    "Reboot and Select proper Boot device
    or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"
    I've tried booting with all the different CDs they sent with it, still nothing.
    So I went into the BIOS and everthing seemed to be looking proper. My CD/DVD drive as IDE master and my HDD as SATA 1. Just so I could be sure I reset it all to default and then a new screen comes up, telling me my computer specs and telling me that A: has had an error. Pressing F11 for boot menu like it says doesn't do anything and when I press F1 for resume it prompts me for the boot device. But no matter if I select the CD drive or HDD it goes back to the "Reboot and Select proper Boot Device...".

    Have no idea what to do now

    My computer specs (as on receipt):
    Intel E6550 Retail
    Optiar DVDRW 20x IDE Black
    Hitachi 160GB SATA2 8MB
    MSI P31 NEO-F P31 LGA775 (thats the motherboard btw)
    Elixir DRR2 1GB PC6400 800MHZ
    OEM PSU 450W
    Xpertvision GF8500 GT 512MB
     
  2. Gav

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    Okay so I figued out that the Drive A: error was because it thought I had a floppy drive installed when I don't. But the "Reboot and Select..." message still persists.
     
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    change the boot device priority, cd first after that hdd, you probably have no operating system installed thats why it cant boot, so insert the OS cd, and when you boot it there will come a screen for like 10 seconds asking if you want too boot from cd press any button, well press a button and install windows reboot, change the boot priority hdd to the first cd to whatever, and it'll boot the OS :)
     
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    I have just realised I forgot to order an operating system. SCHLAPPP!!.
    Cheers for the help.
     

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