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October 24th, 2014 14:00
No Boot Device Available
Hello
My son bought a Optiplex 780 at State Surplus. It had not hard drive. He installed one. He used the product code to download Windows 7 pro at a friends house. He compressed the file.
When disk is inserted screen reads
Performing automatic IDE configuration...
Inetl(R) Matrix Storage Manger option ROM v8.5.1002 ICH10R/D)
Copyright (C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Drive 0: Disk Drive
Drive1: CD-ROM Device
Drive:2 CD ROM Device
No boot device available
strike F1 to retry boot, F@ for set up utility
Press F5 to run on board diagnostics
No Events found!
Philip_Yip
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October 24th, 2014 19:00
Bootable media needs to be from the .iso in the form of a bootable USB or DVD see here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-microsoft-windows-and-office/download-microsoft-windows/windows-7-sp1-iso-download/
Next you need to boot from the bootable media by pressing F12 at the BIOS screen. See here for installation instructions:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/a-clean-install-of-windows-7/
ErinRyanLM
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October 27th, 2014 14:00
Thanks very helpful