My laptop was working fine the last couple of days, and then I think I Got a virus some how. Visit their site at the link below. Woke up this morning, tried to turn on this laptop I bought just yesterday, got the following message. All in all, this issue will occur when the computer fails to find a device or file to boot system. I suggest you press f2 or F12 immediately at the startup.
The first is the Recovery Partition. Usually the very first screen you see will have a list of keys at the bottom. If no bootable files are found on the first boot device, it'll automatically check the next boot device, which is the Hard disk and start booting from the Hard disk. You may or may not need an adapter. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select your hard drive from this list, then press 'Enter'. I do not have a boot disk and am not sure what to do next.
Take these steps: 1 Insert the boot disk into your computer and boot from it. After I put it back in and turned my laptop back on, it was up and running like normal. During the process of checking each device for the required bootable files, if a device fails, the computer verifies that another device is available. I have a 2012 Gateway computer that was working fine. . Other manufacturers are doing this and have been for a long time. Thank you again for working with me to try and solve this issue.
I am at a total loss on what to do at this point. You can experiment by following this thread. This also allows you to fix your computer in case it can't boot from the hard drive for some reason. When the drive was attached to the original computer, was it recognized in Disk Management? Save the changes and exit out of the Bios or System Setup and reboot. Thank you I wanted to share my story because I attempted to fix my laptop on my own and waited around about 2-3 weeks until I finally decided to get help. No Bootable Device -- Insert boot disk and press any key And of course when I bought this laptop, it didn't come with any disks.
No worry about permissions as you are working outside of windows. Did you made any harware changes to your laptop lately? Based on the model, I'm guessing it's under a year old and still under manufacturer's warranty. This approach will offer you the flexibility of being able to run both operating systems on your computer. To make it a permanent change, turn the laptop off, then turn it on and watch the screen to see which key it says to hit to get into the Bios or System Setup. I assume that if your hard drive is ok, a blue screen with new prompts should pop up when continuously tapping F11 as soon as you turn the Laptop on. I know that the computer isn't fried, there's just something off about it.
Look for boot order change to boot from hard drive. Most importantly, these methods can also apply to , Dell, Asus and other famous computers. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do. I can return the laptop to them in the condition that it is in, but it will not update any more, and I do not feel that it would be fair to return it if the version of windows that is installed will expire in September. It should not be this hard. Also what's the age of the laptop and can you think of anything that you've changed recently that could have caused this, how long has he laptop been working prior to this problem? If you don't see a hard disk there, you have a definite hardware problem. But it worked, and is currently updating.
I was trying to format an ide hard drive to a format i. Its really not that hard to fix! If the issue is still unsolved, please check out the next solution. Thank you for your help in advance! The most serious being what you describe. Blue screen with message of Default boot device is missing or boot failed. This subreddit is suitable for both Office warriors and newbies.
Enter bios F2 or Del and select the hard drive as the first boot device and disable other boot devices if possible including network boot options. What happened after pressing F8 a couple times, the screen went black, cursor was flashing and then approx 30 seconds later, the screen said: 'No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key'. Offhand, this sounds like a failure of either the hard drive or the drive controller on the motherboard. But, I'm running into complications when I'm trying to access the local disk when it's plugged into another computer. Do I need to format the hard drive for the boot record or something. If you need further assistance, please post back.