How do I get out of this screen: "reboot and select proper boot device. Or insert boot media in selected boot device"

Linnaeus

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I already installed my W8 OS but for some reason this screen keeps showing up: http://i.imgur.com/GR2zcKE.jpg. How do I escape this screen and enter the OS?
 
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That means the BIOS cannot find a bootable operating system on the drive selected as the boot drive. Either you have a non-bootable DVD/CD left in the optical drive, a USB flash drive left in one of the USB ports, or your HDD has failed. Another possibility is that the boot sequence has changed in BIOS for some reason. Enter BIOS and see what is listed as the first boot device.

clutchc

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That means the BIOS cannot find a bootable operating system on the drive selected as the boot drive. Either you have a non-bootable DVD/CD left in the optical drive, a USB flash drive left in one of the USB ports, or your HDD has failed. Another possibility is that the boot sequence has changed in BIOS for some reason. Enter BIOS and see what is listed as the first boot device.
 
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