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I'm having a problem with my computer. It displays

reboot and select proper Boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key

Why does it display that message and how can I resolve it?

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Sounds like it can't find your operating system. What are you running, Windows 7, XP...? Have you added any hard drives recently? – CGA Mar 31 '11 at 6:55
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Assuming you haven't just added a new hard drive to your system, I can think of a few possibilities:

  • Unprepared bootable media in some drive (pull out your thumb drive and empty the CD tray and reboot)
  • Virus trashed your MBR (get a boot disk and repair/reinstall your system)
  • Hard disk failure (replace the failed device, get an install disc and reinstall your system)
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