Solved "No bootable device – insert boot disk and press any key"

[dhadoughboi]

I have an Acer Aspire notebook.. it has no disk drive. I've had it for around 2 months and bout a week ago started getting this message, "no bootable device – insert boot disk and press any key". I've turned it off, took the battery out, let it set.. really don't know what else to do being as I can't even go to basically nothing. Is there anything I can do? Anything I can install from another computer to a flash drive or something to make it work?

 

[Fiery]

Moved to: Troubleshooting Software/Hardware Issues forum

What window version is it? 32 or 64 bit?

 

[jamescv7]

Check if the HDD might not inserted properly, or go to BIOS by pressing del button/F2 or F8 depends for the laptop model.

Make sure the HDD is in the primary boot option.

 

[dhadoughboi]

It's a 32 bit..

 

[Fiery]

Please check your PM, I can't seem to post instructions here.. the formatting goes haywire

 

[viktik]

MBR has been corrupted.

go to recovery console. Use Windows installation disk to get into recovery console.

In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, type the following command at the Recovery Console prompt:

BOOTREC /FIXMBR

Type the command exactly as written: BOOTREC, a space, a forward slash, and then FIXMBR not followed by a period. Press Enter.

In Windows XP, you type the following command to fix the master boot record at the Recovery Console prompt:

FIXMBR