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any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
useless. any ideas?
 
"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> useless. any ideas?


It's possible the cmos battery died and the settings were lost for your
harddrive ...

enter the bios and see if you can re-detect the drive...

If you can but the settings get lost again...you'll need to replace your
cmos battery
(no big deal)
 
The battery is good. I think the kids did something to the computer. Thanks.

"philo" wrote:

>
> "fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C9D3A609-3663-4AC0-8045-DA2DF30D9653@microsoft.com...
> > any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> > computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> > useless. any ideas?
>
>
> It's possible the cmos battery died and the settings were lost for your
> harddrive ...
>
> enter the bios and see if you can re-detect the drive...
>
> If you can but the settings get lost again...you'll need to replace your
> cmos battery
> (no big deal)
>
>
>
 
fr8erdawg wrote:
| any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned
| on my computer and got a message "operating system not found".
| computer is now useless. any ideas?

Does it seem that the hard drive is recognized by BIOS during post?

(A) Eject any floppy or CD left in a drive.
Does it still happen? Then...

(B) By the word of Starman, these are the error messages of the MBR
(Master Boot Record) code...
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/STDMBR.htm

Invalid partition table.
Error loading operating system.
Missing operating system.

And these are of PBR (Partition Boot Record) code...
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/MSWIN41.htm

Invalid system disk.
Disk I/O error.
Replace the disk, and then press any key.

(C) Get a Startup Diskette from
http://www.bootdisk.com/ , if you don't already have one from "Control
Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk tab". Put the diskette in &
turn on the computer. (It may be necessary to enter BIOS Setup & set the
floppy to boot above the hard drive.)

Enter "DIR C:" at the A:\ Prompt.
Did you get a listing or an error message?

Enter "FDISK /Status"
What shows up?


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
 
"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The battery is good. I think the kids did something to the computer.
Thanks.



Sheesh...
why when I was a kid (back in 1955) I sure as heck never fooled around with
my dad's computer...

kids!!!!! <G>
 
"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C9D3A609-3663-4AC0-8045-DA2DF30D9653@microsoft.com...
> any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> useless. any ideas?

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows 98
boot floppy. Use it to start the computer in question, select "Start computer
without CD-ROM support", type "sys c:" at the "A:\" prompt and press "Enter".
Then remove the floppy and restart.

Ben
 
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