Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key

gcupp28

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This keeps popping up on my laptop when I reboot. I have had little success
Things I have tried on reboot that do nothing:
F12
Ctrl Alt Del~ just restarts it again
F9

The only little success that I have had is I made a recover disk on my current computer. I then put that disk into my laptop and it actually booted and worked but then I selected keyboard being USA and it said this version of system recovery options is not compatible with this version of windows and to try a different system recovery.
So my question is
Is there any way to create a system recovery disk that is compatible with my current version of windows? and is there any other steps that I should try?
 

knight_of_baawa

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Did a disk come with your system? If not, see if you can get one from the manufacturer. Otherwise, I'd really suggest taking it to a shop and having it looked at, as there's a possibility your hard drive's failed.
 

gcupp28

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It did not come with it. I know taking to the shop would be very last option because of the price. I would like to see if I could fix it on my own first. I think the problem is my laptop is a 32 bit computer and I made a system recovery disk on a 64 bit computer. Is there a way to make a 32bit recovery disk on a 64bit computer?
 

knight_of_baawa

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Nope. No way to do that. Further, the two computers are completely different, so your recovery disks are only for the computer you made them from.

You could try downloading a Linux live disk, burn it, and boot with that in your system to see if your drive is readable. If not: take it to a shop.
 

gcupp28

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Could I just make a 32bit recovery disk on another laptop?
and if not where would i be able to download a linux live disk
 

gcupp28

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Could I just make a 32bit recovery disk on another laptop?
and if not where would i be able to download a linux live disk