ToddADV wrote:"reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
These
Google search results have many entries about this same issue.
This one shows [Resolved]:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showth ... p?t=203350XAMPP does not use the registry for anything other than Windows Service entries for Apache and MySQL if selected when installing.
XAMPP does not change any registry entries just adds the ones mentioned above and so has no effect on POST or the BIOS.
XAMPP plays no part in the boot process other than just mentioned and that process is not actioned until Windows has started after the PC bios has finished.
If after checking all the usual things like cable connectors etc., then your issue looks like a problem with the bios settings and there should be a key stroke to access the bios as soon as you turn on your PC where you can check what the error message suggests and see if the boot Hard Disk is being seen and the boot order is as you expect.
So in effect this is a PC issue with possibly cable connections, the
Pre
Operating
System
Test or the
Built
In
Operating
System not an issue that could be caused by XAMPP but worst of all it could signal that your Hard Drive has failed, not an uncommon occurrence.
Best wishes.
"Never push your granny when she's shaving""There are no flies on me"