Reboot or select proper boot device

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  1. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
       #1

    Reboot or select proper boot device


    I have found plenty of threads with the same problem claiming to be solved but none have manage to fix my problem im afraid, plus i am not technical enough to follow a lot of the instructions so dare not try them. So here is my problem, i was on the internet and it seemed windows crashed everything said not responding then wouldn't load. So felt that i had no other choice but to switch off the PC as it had stayed like this for a long time, when i came to reboot i got a message saying 'Reboot or select proper boot device'
    I am using an Acer Aspire X3450 PC and don't have the recovery disk but i do have an Acer Aspire laptop with the disk, when i put that in the PC it loads up giving me the option to Restore but it wont let me select it or highlight it. So downloaded a copy of windows 7 as a torrent and burned it to a disk in the hope i could re-install windows. This will allow to go into options like startup repair but wont repair anything as it will only seem to recognise the OS on the disk. So i removed the disk and all that happens is the same reboot error. I can't re-install windows as it will not allow me to. I am lost so i am writing everything i have encountered so far sorry it is so much but don't want to miss anything.

    PC Spec
    OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
    RAM: 6GB DDR3 Memory
    CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 Quad-core Processor
    HDD: 2TB Hard Drive
    BIOS: P01-A2

    Any advice is very much welcomed thanks
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  2. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #2

    Make it sure that the 100 MB hidden system partition is marked as active.
    Partition - Mark as Active

    Then run startup repair, for three separate times, with restarts after every single run.
    Startup Repair
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  3. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Arc said:
    Make it sure that the 100 MB hidden system partition is marked as active.
    Partition - Mark as Active

    Then run startup repair, for three separate times, with restarts after every single run.
    Startup Repair
    Thanks for the reply.
    I have looked at the hidden partition and on that part it says for both disk 0 and disk 1 no media, so there is nothing to select. i followed the exact steps but have no joy finding the partition
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  4. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I have also tried the startup repair and on system recovery options for operating system it says 'unknown on (unknown) local disk then it says it cant do the repairs
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  5. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #5

    Can you boot into windows installer disc?
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  6. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Arc said:
    Can you boot into windows installer disc?
    I can yes but i cannot re-install Windows 7
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  7. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Don't know if this will help but i have tried uploading Ubuntu to see if i can get back on to the PC, whilst trying to detect system files it comes up with an error saying 'Input/Output error during read on/dev/sdc' then stops installing and boots me back to the main screen with an error saying 'The creation of swap space in partition #5 of SCSI 1 (0,0,0) (sdc) failed'

    Also whist doing the initial set up for Ubuntu it told me that i had no operating system on my PC.
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  8. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #8

    I have requested Gregrocker to look at your thread.
    He will guide you perfectly in this situation.
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  9. Posts : 31
    Windows home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Arc said:
    I have requested Gregrocker to look at your thread.
    He will guide you perfectly in this situation.
    Thats brilliant thank you so much
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  10. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #10

    Richie,

    Whilst you wait for Greg, please download the correct Windows 7 ISO from this link:
    Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

    Burn it to DVD or USB.

    Boot from it, and at the languages screen hit SHIFT+F10. The command window will open. Type the following, hitting the enter key after each command:

    Code:
    diskpart
    
    list disk
    What is output to the Window?

    Also keep this link handy:
    Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

    Regards,
    Golden
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