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Missing Operating System
when i put the power on of my computer and right after the post process the screen goes black saying "Missing Operating System" . What should i do???!!! Please help ! (i didnt try to experiment anything on my computer)
If the drive is recognized by the bios (as suggested above) then put in a boot disk (you cna get one from www.bootdisk.com )
and from the prompt type
sys c: (hit enter) reboot and see
have you done anything to the machine (like add a drive)
If sys c: doesn't work, boot to the disk, and from the prompt type
c: (hit enter)
type
dir /p (hit enter)
see if there is a windows directory
and from the prompt type
sys c: (hit enter) reboot and see
have you done anything to the machine (like add a drive)
If sys c: doesn't work, boot to the disk, and from the prompt type
c: (hit enter)
type
dir /p (hit enter)
see if there is a windows directory
Any changes made to the system at all since the last time it worked? Any thunder/lightning storms?
-dog*
-dog*
I dunno, who are you and wherein lie you interests.
Very good, that you did nothing (you know of). Keep it clean (and question/answer clean)
The OS typically would come off the front of first HD. The base of System can be restored using Sys command as stevenlewis describes. But what knocked you down? Do you care? What else may be damaged? Maybe disk drive died, or a virus got you, in which case you may need a new drive or want to search drive for further damage before restoring it or... in a hurry you might want to just rebuild the box clean, so get a CD handy.
What OS? Try booting your 'clean' dos bootable diskette. When you turn it on, watch to see whether bios can find the hard drives before the Microsoft software kicks in. Take it from there.
Many people get problems when playing with products like firewalls and A/V and partitioners. Since the products are called popular, the user does not know that they are playing/experimenting with serious disk pieces when they are less experienced with such products.
Cross fingers that answer is more simple, that you've merely forgotten and left a non-bootable floppy in the drive. Remove it and you are done. (as in dogztar )
Very good, that you did nothing (you know of). Keep it clean (and question/answer clean)
The OS typically would come off the front of first HD. The base of System can be restored using Sys command as stevenlewis describes. But what knocked you down? Do you care? What else may be damaged? Maybe disk drive died, or a virus got you, in which case you may need a new drive or want to search drive for further damage before restoring it or... in a hurry you might want to just rebuild the box clean, so get a CD handy.
What OS? Try booting your 'clean' dos bootable diskette. When you turn it on, watch to see whether bios can find the hard drives before the Microsoft software kicks in. Take it from there.
Many people get problems when playing with products like firewalls and A/V and partitioners. Since the products are called popular, the user does not know that they are playing/experimenting with serious disk pieces when they are less experienced with such products.
Cross fingers that answer is more simple, that you've merely forgotten and left a non-bootable floppy in the drive. Remove it and you are done. (as in dogztar )
ASKER
Thanks for so many suggestions so soon! i appreciate your concern. And i did try to MS DOS through the floppy disk but before i could try your suggestions i had to go and i turned off the comp and when i got back to it it just doesnt let me write or ttype a single thing right after post process and says just this "Missing Operating System". i guess i left it in MS DOS system and now i don know how to talk with it in DOS! Anybody can figure out what to do next???
Thanks!
Thanks!
Please check in your BIOS setup what is the Boot sequence. Try setting this option to "A,C" for the DOS boot diskette test, and also check in the Main menu if your HD was correctly recognized.
Cesar
Cesar
Please do not change any bios options at this time (exit without saving change). What is needed is to learn what the BIOS reports about your system.
What is also needed is to learn just what it was that you did last, when the system was working. And, what the system is.
What is also needed is to learn just what it was that you did last, when the system was working. And, what the system is.
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