Operating System not found

[cpensamiento]

I have a computer that wont load the operating system.. the error message reads "operating system not found".

 

[czarj]

Assuming everything is installed properly this is usually a result of a controller card problem. What kind of system is it and what is in it?

~CzarJ

--- You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.

 

[edfair]

Just happen out of the blue? Partition available and active?

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[cpensamiento]

It was originally a Windows 98 and was recently upgraded to XP. It just happened out the blue. The computer makes a continuous noise when it's on... kind of like a chirping noise.

 

[czarj]

Operating System Not Found" or "Missing operating system" error message when you start your Windows XP-based computer --

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321626&Product=winxp

~CzarJ

--- You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.

 

[edfair]

Sounds like the hard drive has decided to not read any more.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[cpensamiento]

I think the hard drive is done. The is a beeping sound when the machine is on, and someone told me that IBM machines had bad hard drives.

 

[norty303]

Could be one of the infamous 'deathstore' drives

 

[wahlen]

IF you need data from the drive you can try this. It will work sometimes. Place drive in sealed plastic bad and put in freezer a few hours. Yes the Freezer. This shrinks the drive just a bit. If you have a crack on it it may push it together by the cold. Take out of freezer and immediatly try to recover any data. thia is usually a one shot deal. Its worth a shot.

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[cpensamiento]

OK so IBM sent me a new hard drive.. expept now i get a "missing operating system".. I trie booting the machine with a boot disk (WIN98), and I get a NTLDR missing.. can I throw this machine out the window now?

 

[jediwarrior]

Simply try reloading WIN98 back on the disk. Put the WIN98 cd in the drive then reboot the computer.

NTLDR? Do you by chance have a floppy disk in the drive?

Good Luck,

Jediwarrior

 

[micker377]

What did you load onto the new drive? NTLDR is only needed for XP. Is this an upgrade from 98 to XP CD, or a XP complete CD? If it is an upgrade, you'll have to FDISK and fromat - install 98 - upgrade to XP.

 

[wahlen]

NTLDR is used in Win 2000 Pro and Win XP. Possibly NT but I'm not sure. You should do a full format of the drive and reload whichever OS you need. Dont do a low level format or you will still have the same problem.

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