computer starting trouble

[M K Shrivastava]

when i start my PC,a message appears"press F1 to continue or press DEL to enter setup".When i press F1,the monitor turns into blank and the PC do not start.How to resolve the problem?

[DaveLembke]

I'd go into the BIOS with Delete ( DEL ) key and verify that a Hard Drive is there. It sounds like the hard drive might be missing from boot.

[anees_delh]

acess ur bios nd change ur booting device seqnce as first hdd try it...

[DaveLembke]

acess ur bios nd change ur booting device seqnce as first hdd try it...

If the hard Drive was at the end of the list, it would still boot if the hard drive was present and bootable, so it does not need to be #1 on the list to work. My thoughts are that the drive has failed or no longer has an operational bootable OS on it.

Was this computer working fine up until the failure or is this a computer that was just built or altered in any way to when this problem started? Also what is the make/model or specs of the build if its a custom built system.