My PC will not boot up

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I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly it
won't reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing,
only "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert Boot media in selected
boot device". Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing
anything new. My dumb mistake is that I had no backup. Does it mean my hard
drive is completely gone or is there any advice somebody can give me? Thanks,
I'd appreciate any help.

P4, 2.8 Mhz
512 Mb Ram
80 Gb HD (Wester Direct)
Win XP Pro

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No, there is not floppy. I should have given more info. Here it goes, in
the chance somebody can help. Thanks.

Here goes the info I could get:
Generic PC
Motherboard: Not sure, on the back of the PC is says: (ECA-ATX8300PRO)
Energy supply: 300W

BIOS Information:
Intel Corporation D865GBF DESLTOP BOARD
Serial Number; BQBF32807784

MAIN
MAKER OF BIOS: (NOT SPECIFIED)
BIOS VERSION: BF86510A.86A.0036.P07
PROCESSOR TYPE: INTEL PENTIUM 4
HT: ENABLED
PROCESSOR SPEED: 2.8 Ghz
SYSTEM BUS SPEED: 800 Mhz
SYSTEM MEMORY SPEED: 400 Mhz
CACHE RAM: 512 KB
TOTAL MEMORY: 512 KB
MEMORY MODE: DUAL CHANNEL

BOOT CONFIGURATION
PLUG & PLAY O/S: YES
NUMLOCK: ON

DRIVE CONFIGURATION
ATA/IDE CONFIGURATION: ENHANCED
PCI IDE BUS MASTER: ENABLED
HARD DISK PRE-DELAY: DISABLED
SATA PORT-0: NOT DETECTED
SATA PORT-1: NOT DETECTED
DATA PRIMARY MASTER: CD-RW 52X24
DATA PRIMARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY MASTER: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED

BOOT
SILENT BOOT: ENABLED
INTEL RAPID BIOS BOOT: ENABLED
PXE BOOT TO LAN: DISABLED
USB BOOT: ENABLED
1ST BOOT DEVICE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE
2ND BOOT DEVICE: 3M CD-RW 52X24

REMOVABLE DEVICES
1ST DRIVE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE


"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Take a look to see if you have a floppy in the floppy drive. If yes,
> remove and restart.
> "johann59" <johann59@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60B37411-193B-43BA-9A5C-2C8258B054BD@microsoft.com...
> > I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly
> > it
> > won't reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing,
> > only "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert Boot media in
> > selected
> > boot device". Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing
> > anything new. My dumb mistake is that I had no backup. Does it mean my
> > hard
> > drive is completely gone or is there any advice somebody can give me?
> > Thanks,
> > I'd appreciate any help.
> >
> > P4, 2.8 Mhz
> > 512 Mb Ram
> > 80 Gb HD (Wester Direct)
> > Win XP Pro
>
>
>