No operating system found

[Emily]

Help!!!! I think my computer died. I was running scan
disk to check for errors because my computer was doing
some funny things. About half way through the machine
froze up, I finally ended up restarting the computer.
To my dismay, upon reboot I get a one line message, no
operating system found. I tried to use my startup disk
to start, but no such luck. Is there any hope in
recovering files from the hard drive?

 

[Dave]

If you can't get the drive to work, there are companies
that will recover the data for you. Do a search on yahoo
for Data recovery.

 

[Dave Patrick]

1.) This is an error message returned from your system bios and may indicate
some hardware has failed.

2.) "no such luck" tells us nothing unless there is a slot machine involved.
Accurate details are the precursor to your solution.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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| Help!!!! I think my computer died. I was running scan
| disk to check for errors because my computer was doing
| some funny things. About half way through the machine
| froze up, I finally ended up restarting the computer.
| To my dismay, upon reboot I get a one line message, no
| operating system found. I tried to use my startup disk
| to start, but no such luck. Is there any hope in
| recovering files from the hard drive?