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Danielle Uwaoma Posted on Oct 01, 2012
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Cannot boot from any device screen is showing

A black screen with the words cannot boot from any device

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Remove hard drive and re-seat. If there is still a problem take these further steps.

Press F key (correct F key is displayed on screen) during boot. Enter BIOS and make sure hard drive is still logically attached.
Check boot order. Hard drive should be 1st for faster boot.

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