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February 22nd, 2022 21:00
No Boot Device found.
DELL Inspiring M731R No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine_
- Tried the press F12 when the DELL symbol shows. It does nothing. Help! New to computers.
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February 22nd, 2022 23:00
The first thing to check is which device is selected as the primary boot. To do a quick check please use F11 to launch the manual boot selection.
If the system now boots into the operating system, the hardware is fine and there is a boot order conflict in the BIOS settings. The most likely cause for this is that the system is set to boot from CD/DVD and/or USB before the drives, which is a logical setting. To resolve this, just ensure you do not have a USB or CD/DVD inserted into the system.
Note: The Error can be caused by wrong settings in the boot mode, too. An OS installed in UEFI mode cannot boot in BIOS mode and vice versa.
You can change the boot order setting permanently in the System Setup to boot from the drive first. To change this:
Note: After this, you will require pressing F11 if you wish to boot from a CD/DVD or USB at a later date.