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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Hardware / Software - "Operating system not found ..." |
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Chris Spiny                 Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6429 days Last view: 6429 days |
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| Okay,
Oh one of my computers, I've recently been getting that error message on boot-up that the operating system cannot be found within the hard drive. There is indeed an operating system in there (WIN XP). Sometimes during boot-up, the operating system may load or may not load. I'm just wondering what could be causing this ... To my knowledge, the hard drive is old and perhaps I'd need a new one, but I am not sure ... 
Anyone know of what to do? |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice!     Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6320 days Last view: 6319 days |
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 uh-oh. my best guess is that your computer'd drive needs replacing... that only happens for me when there really isn't an OS available... |
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Chris Spiny Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6429 days Last view: 6429 days |
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| Yeah. I thought so as well and found it quite confusing on why I got the error in the beginning. Bleh. I guess I'll have to get a new one, heh. Probably would anyway, because the partition loads up correctly and such. It just loads whenever it wants to or not. (edited by Chris on 07-21-06 09:40 PM) (edited by Chris on 07-21-06 09:45 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa  Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 6324 days Last view: 6325 days |
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| Before buying a new hard drive, I'd recommend running diagnostic tools from the manufacturer of your hard drive. If your drive checks out okay, then it may be other things that are causing this problem. | |||
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| My friend has a computer that he hadn't used in a long time, so when he booted it up one day, it wouldn't work. I'm not sure of the problem exactly, but I think it would mean getting a new hard drive or reinstalling an OS. Call Geek Squad or something. They may have the answer. | |||
Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6319 days Last view: 6319 days |
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| The bootloader can be broken too, the first thing the BIOS look after when it's done is a bootloader. Most modern OS's looks for one on the removable medias first, then with the HD. So you would just need to reinstall the bootloader, unless the HD have crashed. (edited by Ailure on 07-23-06 12:31 AM) |
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BooUrns Buster Beetle  Since: 05-07-06 From: The CS Last post: 6321 days Last view: 6321 days |
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| Try booting from your OS cd (if it doesn't boot automatically, try pressing F2 or F12 while the computer is starting). You might be able to reinstall the OS instead of buying a new hard drive |
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BMF54123 Since: 11-18-05 From: MOOGLES Last post: 6319 days Last view: 6319 days |
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Uh. This topic is over two months old, and his problem has most likely been resolved. 
Large bumps are bad, k? |
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