Solved! "Reboot and select proper boot device"

[noknowledge]

My ASUS will not start up at all, turned it off last night and the above words, with the second line reading,"or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" with a blinking cursor by the 'y' in key. I have no idea what the heck to do to get my computer back. Any suggestions?

 

[WR2]

-> It could be that your hard disk is OK, but the Windows installation is messed up enough that it can't be read as a bootable device.
Have all your files and data backed up?

 

[WR2]

One thing you can try:
Create a bootable USB thumb drive
Ubuntu Desktop
follow the instructions to make a bootable USB thumb drive.
Use the F12 key when you power on to get the Advanced Boot Menu so you can use the USB drive.

That should let you try and inspect the hard drive, and still running, you can copy off any files or data you want to rescue.

 

[noknowledge]

no they aren't backed up...I will try to create a bootable USB drive like you said. Here goes, and thanks for the help!