sillich_ffm
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"missing operation system" - difficult - bios doesn't access installed floppy, cd-rom and hd
Fujitsu Siemens / Phoenix Bios v. 4.06
PC shows "missing operation system" at startup. Now the problem: BIOS configuration neither floppy nor cd-rom first bootup setting (with bootable floppy / cd-rom win98) shows any effect. That's strange.
PC shows "missing operation system" at startup. Now the problem: BIOS configuration neither floppy nor cd-rom first bootup setting (with bootable floppy / cd-rom win98) shows any effect. That's strange.
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I don't believe this has anything to do with software. It sounds like it is completely a hardware issue. Maybe we will know pretty soon.
Hey I don't wanna scare you but it is possible that your hard drive it self has crashed. I also got the missing OS error on boot up. It happened to me abt an year ago. As you said I tried booting through floppy or CD but had no use. I also tried to reinstall my whole OS in vain. I posted in forums and did a lot of research. Finally I took it to a Service Center and the guy told me that the hard drive was internally damaged and could not be repaired. So I brought a new hard disk.
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Thank you for your comments. I solved the problem myself. It was a special security setting in the "Phoenix"-bios setup that had locked cd-rom and floppy for bootup. Setting up a new OS now works.
So I get the points since I suggested resetting the BIOS?
hey there sillich ffm!
since you solved this question on your own...could you head over to the community support page and ask them to move this question to the previously asked queasion (paq)
section...this helps to remove excess questions that no longer need expert advice!
thx waffle
since you solved this question on your own...could you head over to the community support page and ask them to move this question to the previously asked queasion (paq)
section...this helps to remove excess questions that no longer need expert advice!
thx waffle
So I get nothing for suggesting the BIOS as the culprit? Such is life around here!!!
hey slink...didnt mean to ruin your day man...was just trying to get a response out of this user...if indeed you were to help and cs feels you helped then you should be awarded the points
btw i have no connection to ee other than i get annoyed by unfinished posts and usually try to get them closed...
sorry if i caused you grief
waffle
btw i have no connection to ee other than i get annoyed by unfinished posts and usually try to get them closed...
sorry if i caused you grief
waffle
Not a problem. Usually the way things are handled is the points are awarded if they are leading in the right direction. My questioning the BIOS certainly sounds like the right direction to me.
I don't believe you will get a response from the questioner. It would appear to be abandoned. I don't have the "super powers" that the mods have of seeing last logins and other statistics, so I couldn't say that definitively.
I don't believe you will get a response from the questioner. It would appear to be abandoned. I don't have the "super powers" that the mods have of seeing last logins and other statistics, so I couldn't say that definitively.
For w95 but should be ok for98.