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toshiba laptop says reboot and select proper boot device

zakiuddin

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Jul 25, 2015
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so i have a problem my laptop froze and i shut it down and then when i open it it ook long enough then i saw blue screen say advanced option i clicked advanced option then i clicked troubleshoot i got hard drive problem it told me too erase hard drive i followed the steps on it was on 23% while i was away my brother cancelled it on 23% and next thing i see is "reboot and select proper boot device can someone help please i need it to be fixed,
 
Sounds to me you need to reinstall the OS.

Is there a way to get back to the advanced options menu?

what OS is it?