Operating System Not Found

[gavtheunchav]

since this morning, as i boot my laptop (Vista) it says that the operating
system cannot be found... any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Leave a disk in the CD/DVD drive?

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[Meinolf Weber]

Hello gavtheunchav,

Check that no USB or disk is connected during startup, that can block the
startup. Did you install/change anything before the shutdwon?

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[gavtheunchav]

Thanks for the idea Rick but that did not work.
it also says:
"PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM
Operating System Not found"
Any more ideas? Thanks gav

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

since this morning, as i boot my laptop (Vista) it says that the operating
system cannot be found... any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

Check to make you didn't leave a bootable CD or diskette inserted.

If not, it would seem that the hard drive has died.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Check to make you didn't leave a bootable CD or diskette inserted.

Sorry, I meant a *non*-bootable CD or diskette, of course.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Then either the cabling is loose or the hard drive died.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[gavtheunchav]

Dont think i installed anything before shutting down and i have tried to
start it up with and without a CD. and no luck. Looking like i may need a new
laptop.. Thanks Gav

Check to make you didn't leave a bootable CD or diskette inserted.

Sorry, I meant a *non*-bootable CD or diskette, of course.

 

[gavtheunchav]

im pretty rubbish with computers. is it worth getting it repaired if the hard
drive is dead? or getting another one on the guartenee? Thanks

Dont think i installed anything before shutting down and i have tried to
start it up with and without a CD. and no luck. Looking like i may need a new
laptop.. Thanks Gav

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

If the hard disk is dead, repairing is pretty much a waste of time, you
could try getting the data recovered and backed up then install a new drive.
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

im pretty rubbish with computers. is it worth getting it repaired if the
hard
drive is dead? or getting another one on the guartenee? Thanks

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Dont think i installed anything before shutting down and i have tried to
start it up with and without a CD. and no luck. Looking like i may need a new
laptop.. Thanks Gav

No, if it's just the drive that's died, you don't need a new laptop.
The drive can be replaced, usually very easily. A new drive costs
*much* less than a new laptop.

 

[Michael Chare]

since this morning, as i boot my laptop (Vista) it says that the operating
system cannot be found... any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

If you have a Vista DVD you could try booting from that to see if your hard
drive can be recovered.

 

[Bob]

Check this out:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932932/

 

[philo]

im pretty rubbish with computers. is it worth getting it repaired if the hard
drive is dead? or getting another one on the guartenee? Thanks

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The drive could be dead...but try going into the bios and re-detecting it