Reboot or select proper boot device

[RichieSeal]

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

 

[Arc]

Make it sure that the 100 MB hidden system partition is marked as active.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

Then run startup repair, for three separate times, with restarts after every single run.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

 

[RichieSeal]

Make it sure that the 100 MB hidden system partition is marked as active.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

Then run startup repair, for three separate times, with restarts after every single run.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

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

 

[RichieSeal]

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

 

[Arc]

Can you boot into windows installer disc?

 

[RichieSeal]

Can you boot into windows installer disc?

I can yes but i cannot re-install Windows 7

 

[RichieSeal]

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.

 

[Arc]

I have requested Gregrocker to look at your thread.
He will guide you perfectly in this situation.

 

[RichieSeal]

I have requested Gregrocker to look at your thread.
He will guide you perfectly in this situation.

Thats brilliant thank you so much

 

[Golden]

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:

diskpart

list disk

What is output to the Window?

Also keep this link handy:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[RichieSeal]

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:

diskpart

list disk

What is output to the Window?

Also keep this link handy:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

Regards,
Golden

Yes sure ill do it now

 

[RichieSeal]

I have followed the steps, downloaded the correct iso file, burned it to a dvd and i am stuck at a microsoft loading screen, this has been stuck on this for atleast half an hour now. Should it take this long to get to the language screen?

 

[Golden]

Nope, it should be quicker than that.

Try burning again but a slower speed (say 4x) if you haven't already. Also, unplug all external and internal drives, with the exception of the drive with the Windows 7 installation.

 

[RichieSeal]

Ok i have finally got into the language part and followed the your insrtuctions. i can see 3 disks. disk 0 is online with 1863GB free. the other 2 disks have no media on. what else would you like from this screen?

 

[Golden]

Type the following:

select disk 0

list partition

 

[RichieSeal]

Thanks. Ok so i just gave that a go and it says 'There is no partition on this disk to show'

 

[Golden]

Ouch! OK, essentially it looks like the partition/s Windows needs to boot is completely gone. I'm not entirely sure how this can be rescued - also taking into consideration you tried to install Ubuntu to the disk...

Is there data on this disk you would like to recover if possible?

 

[RichieSeal]

There is nothing on the PC i cant get back, so keeping anything on there is not an issue. I only want my PC working, thats all im concerned about so what ever needs to be done then so be it im happy to do

 

[Golden]

Excellent! Remember that tutorial I said to keep handy? Just follow that, and you'll be good. Post back here if you need any help with that, or clarification of steps.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[RichieSeal]

Excellent! Remember that tutorial I said to keep handy? Just follow that, and you'll be good. Post back here if you need any help with that, or clarification of steps.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

Regards,
Golden

Thank you i shall try this now and then let you know how it went. But thank you so much for your time so far