Problem booting

[Daniel]

Hi

I have a PC with XP home, most times I switch on the boot cycle starts then
I get a black screen with a
message
"reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot
device and press a key.

I have to Ctrl+alt+ del to get it to reboot.

I have tried booting to CD, Floppy and Hared drive but nothing seems to
help.

I have run Memtest and a Hard Drive test but nothing shows up.

Any ideas on what the problem is?

thanks

Daniel

[DL]

Do you have any external devices connected, eg usb drive?
Checked the boot order in the bios?

"Daniel" <none@none> wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I have a PC with XP home, most times I switch on the boot cycle starts
then
> I get a black screen with a
> message
> "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected
boot
> device and press a key.
>
> I have to Ctrl+alt+ del to get it to reboot.
>
> I have tried booting to CD, Floppy and Hared drive but nothing seems to
> help.
>
> I have run Memtest and a Hard Drive test but nothing shows up.
>
> Any ideas on what the problem is?
>
> thanks
>
> Daniel
>
>