No boot device found or available

29 October 2007 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback Off

When the computer starts then it tries to figure out which device to boot from (Hard-disk, cdrom, dvd, usb, flash, floppy, etc.). If no device is found or if a faulty boot device is used, then one of the following messages can be shown:

Invalid boot device

No boot device found

No boot device available

Unable to find boot device. Select proper boot device or insert boot media

BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

There can be different causes for this problem:

Disk a have been left in a removable drive:
Usually caused by having inserted a disk in the floppy drive or the CD-ROM drive or attaching an USB flash drive. Just remove the disk from the drive, and it should be solved. More Info MS KB Q812492
Trying to boot from a hard disk that is no longer recognized as boot device:
One should verify that hard disk cables are properly attached and that the hard disk is being detected properly by the system.
If having added a new hard disk, then one should make sure that the disk controller doesn't attempt to boot from the new hard disk.
If having reset the motherboard BIOS configuration, then one should check that the primary boot device is configured properly.
Boot partition is not active partition:
If having been working with partition tools (Like Disk Management or Fdisk), then one might have removed the Active Partition setting from the boot partition.
- Vista - Use Windows Recovery Environment and perform a "Startup Repair".
- Win2k / XP / Win2k3 - Use Recovery Console and run fixboot
- Win9x / DOS - Use a partition configuration tool like Fdisk to set the active boot partition.
More Info MS KB Q315261
Trying to boot from a CD / DVD to install the operating system:
Just like when booting from a hard disk, then one must ensure that the motherboard BIOS actually recognizes the CD / DVD-drive. If not then check the power- and data-cables to the CD / DVD drive.

If the motherboard BIOS recognizes the CD / DVD drive, then one must configure the boot device priority in the motherboard BIOS so the CD / DVD drive has the highest priority. This will ensure that it will not try to boot from other devices before booting from the CD / DVD drive.

Updated: 28 January 2010

Comments:

Comment by Al Barrs - 13 April 2008 @ 16:30 Reply

I need to Start the Windows Recovery Console to reattach my Primary Hard Drive in Wink2 pc from DOS screen. Your article states to insert the “Windows Startup CD-ROM.” I have all, I think, of the original disks that came from Dell with my Latitude CPt laptop, but I can’t determine on which is located the ‘Windows Startup’ data. Do you have any Idea which of the disks this is on? Thanks, Al

Comment by Snakefoot - 15 April 2008 @ 9:42 Reply

Al Barrs
I need to Start the Windows Recovery Console. I have all, I think, of the original disks that came from Dell with my Latitude CPt laptop. Do you have any Idea which of the disks this is on? Thanks, Al

Sorry I have no experience with Dell laptops or any other laptops. I recommend you find a forum or support site for Dell laptops.

-Rolf

Comment by J.R. - 7 November 2009 @ 1:18 Reply

I have a Dell pentium 4. A guy formatted the hard drive removing both partitions. I cannot get the computer to reinstall XP. I have tried to boot up to the internal dvd drive & an a external cd drive. I still get the drive manager missing error. I tried a new Dell reinstall operating system disc & a new Microsoft Windows XP disc. Same error message. It appears to be reading the disc but won’t reinstall. Could the hard drive be bad? J.R.

Comment by Miklos - 28 January 2010 @ 21:13 Reply

I have the same problem with HP Pavilion 491.
Boot miniXP from CD and see with a program, what kind of IDE Controller you have.
After that you can start XP install from original disk, and press F6 when it is needed.
Put your floppy with the Controller driver in, install and after you can continue.
My problem is, that I need SIS 5513 Controller. I have all of the sys files, but no txtsetup.oem

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Comment by emmanuel - 21 July 2010 @ 11:31 Reply

i am also have the same bootmgr problem with windows 7.i tried installing the operating system again but the problem persist.how do i restore the bootmgr?

Comment by Steve - 11 November 2010 @ 19:44 Reply

You can repair the bootmgr by performing the startup recovery 3 times using the vista/windows 7 install disk after the third attempt at startup recovery, vista/windows 7 will replace the bootmgr and you should be good to go.

Comment by donna - 12 December 2010 @ 1:52 Reply

You need to get a fill file for the hard drive from Dell. Dell is specific to Dell and you cannot just reformat and expect to be able to reinstall a windows program. You may be able to call Dell and see if they can tell you where for find the file you need to fill the drive with 0s so you can reinstall Windows. The file will have to come from Dell because it will have Dell information imbeded into the file. Good Luck

Comment by sumanth - 2 March 2011 @ 6:41 Reply

hi,
when i going to boot a desktop it is showing boot manager is missing
press ctrl+alt+del.
plz send a soultion

Comment by caroline - 15 May 2011 @ 15:28 Reply

i have a toshiba preinstalled nb200 .
by accident i started the reboot process my batt went and when i turned my laptop on the message “bootmgr is missing press ctrl+alt+del.
my nb dosnt have a disk drive as its pre installed. i really Don.’t want to loose my pics of my daughter. can anyone show Me a way to fix without loosing my data
much appreciated
thanks

Comment by Roger - 29 May 2011 @ 12:41 Reply

I have the same problem “no boot device” and I have no connection to C: drive….And I can´t find the DVD drive…

Comment by chris odare - 23 October 2011 @ 21:43 Reply

i have a zoostorm freedom notebook, i turned it on, and the words no bootable device found..how do i fix, plz

Comment by Deb - 3 December 2012 @ 9:01 Reply

Windows 7 desktop keeps telling me to Ctrl Alt Delete to Reboot computer. its not working! Boot MNGR MISSING page KEEPS POPPING UP AND IT WONT LET ME DO ANYTHING ITS STUCK ON THIS PAGE. NOW WHAT ?

Comment by Ashok - 1 May 2013 @ 14:04 Reply

If still you are not able to sort it out. Please do the following,
Just un-plug the power cord, and open CPU cabinet, and remove all cables –> clean dust –> and fix all the cables as it is. Now, you try it will work out. COOL..

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