Functioning HDD, receives message on boot: reboot and select proper boot device.

NoXstar · 01-08-2007, 12:11 AM

I had a problem with the SATA-HDD, and formated and installed windows on a different computer, everything works find on the other computer, but when I moved the HDD to the right computer, when the HDD is supposed to load windows, this message appears: Press <ESC> to boot 6 ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... And after that, another message appears: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Media in selected Boot device and press a key.

I don't got a clue to how to solve this problem ... why won't windows load? ... Should I maybe re-set the bios?

bumblebee_tuna · 01-08-2007, 05:25 PM

See if your drive is plugged in correctly and re-plugging it in......

**Cromewell** · 01-08-2007, 09:51 PM

I'd check that you have everything set up correctly in the BIOS, it looks like you have the boot order wrong.

meanman · 01-09-2007, 08:55 AM

the problem is because you installed windows on the hdd in a diffrent pc,
when windows installs it attaches itself to the mobo the hdd is connected to so if you take the hdd out and put it in a diffrent pc windows will throw allsorts of errors because the mobo is diffrent,
i would reinstall windows on the hdd time it is attached to the pc you are going to use the hdd in

**Cromewell** · 01-09-2007, 08:59 AM

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the problem is because you installed windows on the hdd in a diffrent pc,

That could very well be, although usually that blue screens not fails to find the boot disk.

01-08-2007, 12:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
NoXstar New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1	Functioning HDD, receives message on boot: reboot and select proper boot device. I had a problem with the SATA-HDD, and formated and installed windows on a different computer, everything works find on the other computer, but when I moved the HDD to the right computer, when the HDD is supposed to load windows, this message appears: Press <ESC> to boot 6 ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... And after that, another message appears: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Media in selected Boot device and press a key. I don't got a clue to how to solve this problem ... why won't windows load? ... Should I maybe re-set the bios?

01-08-2007, 05:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
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01-08-2007, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
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01-09-2007, 08:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,719	the problem is because you installed windows on the hdd in a diffrent pc, when windows installs it attaches itself to the mobo the hdd is connected to so if you take the hdd out and put it in a diffrent pc windows will throw allsorts of errors because the mobo is diffrent, i would reinstall windows on the hdd time it is attached to the pc you are going to use the hdd in