Computer Won't Start Up

joebeaven · 04-17-2006, 09:10 AM

Hi,

I had a problem with my computer this morning and now it won't start up. It was working OK, but then it started freezing for a few seconds on and off. Even when it was frozen it wasn't responding and I had to just switch it off.

When I turned it back on again, I got the following message:

"Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key."

Please can someone suggest what I should do to correct the problem?

Thanks,
Joe

suprasteve · 04-17-2006, 03:18 PM

sounds like it could be a hard drive problem, make sure it's still plugged in properly, and if you can run chkdsk do that too to see if the drive's going bad

04-17-2006, 09:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
joebeaven New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 8	Computer Won't Start Up Hi, I had a problem with my computer this morning and now it won't start up. It was working OK, but then it started freezing for a few seconds on and off. Even when it was frozen it wasn't responding and I had to just switch it off. When I turned it back on again, I got the following message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key." Please can someone suggest what I should do to correct the problem? Thanks, Joe

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04-17-2006, 03:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	sounds like it could be a hard drive problem, make sure it's still plugged in properly, and if you can run chkdsk do that too to see if the drive's going bad