🚩‘Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device’ → Windows 7/8/10 Error Explained & How To Fix Quickly (2017–2018) 🚩

Either Your System Does Not Have a Bootable Drive (Faulty HDD/SSD) or You Don’t Have an OS Installed…

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👾 PCFixes.com 👾 (Software Support for Business + Consumer)

5 min readOct 11, 2017

The 🚨‘Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device’ 🚨 error is caused by your computer being unable to identify a bootable HDD/SSD on your system…

The error is HARDWARE related, although it’s also been known for the OS
to have a faulty boot loader, preventing it from loading…

➡️This is going to explain the causes and solution to the error… ⬅️

As with ALL computing errors, there has to be a LOGICAL reason why it isn’t working. The issue here is that your system is unable to load the hard drive required to get the system working.

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ℹ️ Causes ℹ️

The main cause of Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device is the BIOS
not recognizing your system’s hard drive. Others include:

🔋 Wrong Boot Device in BIOS
💿Faulty HDD/SSD
🔌HDD/SDD not connected properly
⛔️Faulty RAM
📂Corrupted Boot Sectors (Linux/OSX/Windows)

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The best way to solve the problem is to resolve any potential issues which may be leading it to show. The following steps should outline how to do this…

🚩 Solution 🚩

The key to solving the problem is to identify the cause…

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🔋 1. BIOS

The first step is to fix the BIOS, a small chip which provides a number of options for your CPU. Its role is to connect your system’s hardware…

Whilst BIOS does several things, the only one we’re concerned with is whether it: A) identifies your HDD B) has it set to the primary boot device…

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The way to do this is to access the BIOS on your system.

This can be done on all systems, but since there are so many different types of BIOS, the steps below should be treated as a guideline only.

💿 2. HDD/SSD

The next step is to ensure the boot device (presumably hard drive or SSD) is connected & functioning properly. The best way to do this is to use FDISK.

The error is OS-agnostic, which means it is not tied to any specific OS.

Whilst most people will experience it using Windows, it can shows OSX & Linux systems too. The problem is more hardware than software.

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🔌 3. Connections

The next step is to

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⛔️ 4. RAM

After this, you need to ensure your system’s RAM is working correctly.

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RAM is used as short term memory. Whilst generally reliable, it can sometimes become damaged or corrupted. This doesn’t matter — what does matter is how this adversely affects your system.