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Help With Boot Device

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vertical limit	Posted: Thursday, May 3 2012, 17:07
Logjammin' Group: Members Joined: Aug 27, 2010	Hey guys please help me. I bought a new hard drive and I selected it to be with boot priority number 1, but when I boot up the PC I get this message in a black screen. I even tried it with a USB that had Windows 7 ultimate but nothing. "Reboot and select proper boot device"

^- Dice ->	Posted: Thursday, May 3 2012, 17:42
love_triangle Group: Members Joined: Aug 12, 2008	I assume the hard drive is empty, which means you can't boot anything since there isn't anything to boot. If you want to boot Win 7 from your USB stick, you'll need to change the boot priority to 'USB' or something similar

Wolf68k	Posted: Thursday, May 3 2012, 17:50
always howling Group: Members Joined: Mar 12, 2003	Set the boot order so that HDD is 1 then CD/DVD then USB. The BIOS should go down the line until it fits a bootable drive with an OS of some kind on it. You should/could also, if your mobo is new enough, press an F-key I believe F11 in most cases and it'll bring up a boot menu to which you can then select the drive to boot from, in your case select your USB device.

vertical limit	Posted: Thursday, May 3 2012, 22:31
Logjammin' Group: Members Joined: Aug 27, 2010	Yeah thanks guys it worked. Appreciation that I have for you two is unlimited!!!

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