PJ's nightmare...
On startup the laptop gives the option for a one time boot
menu, which includes all attached bootable devices, including the
internal
harddrive. Just for laughs selected the that drive and it boots!
WTF.
Matthew is probably right, and got there faster, just saw his post
Have you checked in the BIOS that the default boot order is correct
(i.e., has the hard drive first)?
Also, I've had badly-behaved USB devices prevent booting, so if you
have anything attached, try removing it. (That probably even includes
SD cards in an internal reader.)
Possible explanation indeed - based on the boot menu success - the cpu
was trying to boot a device diff than your hard drive, an incapable one.
By any chance you had a non-bootable usb or memory card in the pc
yesterday? Once I used my Linux pendrive on someone's pc and forgot to
point the first boot to the hard drive later - he called me in the
middle of night... Got there and removed his pendrive, boot success, my
fault it was in restoring bios settings.
For the record, I don't think science explains all - if all else fails,
get some salt in a crystal something, place it in the sunlight, place it
nearby - then make soft noises with a silver bell and pray... );-)
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