No bootable devices

Would someone please explain why my computer, at odd times, will display the
message "No bootable devices", effectively shutting the computer down. I
find the only way to correct this is to shut the computer off, and restart
after a few minutes. Very frustrating! Thank you

Open the motherboard's BIOS and set your hard drive
as the first bootable device.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"motmot" <motmot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5417257D-AFA5-418C-9464-24FE0696D225@microsoft.com...
Would someone please explain why my computer, at odd times, will display the
message "No bootable devices", effectively shutting the computer down. I
find the only way to correct this is to shut the computer off, and restart
after a few minutes. Very frustrating! Thank you

If that doesn't prove to be the problem I would be concerned your hard drive
is failing.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:1835EA9F-9E65-48FA-958F-634F58868892@microsoft.com...
> Open the motherboard's BIOS and set your hard drive
> as the first bootable device.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
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>
> "motmot" <motmot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5417257D-AFA5-418C-9464-24FE0696D225@microsoft.com...
> Would someone please explain why my computer, at odd times, will display
> the
> message "No bootable devices", effectively shutting the computer down. I
> find the only way to correct this is to shut the computer off, and restart
> after a few minutes. Very frustrating! Thank you