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    No Operating System found

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    by chris webb ·

    I have been given a pc to try and fix that apparently has Windows 2000nt on it. When booting and in the post test, the message ‘no operating system’ appears. I have read that this is when there are missing boot sector files and that i need to user the recovery disk to sort this problem out which will enable the operating system to load…can anyone advise?

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    • #3209696

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      by liame ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      Prior to the ‘no operating system’ message is the HDD being successfully detected? If its not – open the case and check the power and data cable connections. Change the cables if that doesnt work. If changing cables doesnt work try the HDD in a different PC – if that don’t work its dead.

      If it is being detected try booting from a floppy with fdisk on it and running that with /mbr option. If that doesnt work – windows setup and the repair option that needs the disk that no one has or a fresh install are your options.

      • #3209692

        Reply To: No Operating System found

        by liame ·

        In reply to Reply To: No Operating System found

        Did I say fdisk? Forget that – put chkdsk on the floppy and run that instead!

    • #3211003

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      by jordanspcrepair ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      you can do what liamE said, and if that don’t work, then you might check in bios to see if the computer doesn’t have the quick boot feature enabled if the bios and computer is capable of that feature. the same thing will happen sometimes with windows xp installed.

    • #3210886

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      by razoredge ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      Check the individual pins on your HD, where they connect to the cable to see if any of them are bent. If so, be VERY CAREFUL in re-aligning the pin! (Use a credit card to move the pin). A missing pin can cause what you described.

    • #3211900
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      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      What you are describing can be down to two items one is the HDD itself either becoming corrupt or it’s died or the Controller has failed.

      If the BIOS will not recognise the HDD they it’s a fair bet that the drive is dead but if the BIOS sees the drive but will not boot from it then either it’s been corrupted or it has died a natural death.

      I would depending on what tools you have available my first option would be to insert a copy of a live Linux into the CD ROM and boot from that Knoppix will allow you to read any NTFS Drive and see if it’s formatted correctly. Failing that you could try the drive makers testing utility or even the Ultimate Boot CD to do some testing.

      http://tinyurl.com/3jnpy

    • #3277785

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      by mohdkurniawan ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      Hi there.. I faced this problem before.. u have to try to enter the fdisk. check wheter the active partition still ok or not. if not, my suggestion is buy new hdd..

      • #2587616

        I have the same problem

        by davyk ·

        In reply to Reply To: No Operating System found

        Hello,
        I have the same problem I have put a new hard drive in and the bios recognises it ( which it didnt with the dead one) and I still get the no “operating system found” message. The disk has some sort of MBR loader on that starts to run and the message comes in just after this.

      • #2948602

        Try below option

        by santu.ar ·

        In reply to Reply To: No Operating System found

        Even i faces the same scenario, i just went into the BIOS settings and changed the Configuration Settings to DEFAULT, Luckily this worked for me.

    • #2587596

      Here are the steps you can try

      by nentech ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      1. You need to check that PC has the hard drive installed
      This can be checked in the bios setup
      The bios is the program that starts the PC and loads the Operating system (Windows)
      Most computers show something like this on the screen
      ?Press del to enter setup?

      2. You need to check if the hard drive has an active partition
      This can be done with the windows 2000 disk
      Just use the bios setup to choose the boot order
      Set the cd/dvd drive to boot first
      Some PCs give you a boot menu

      3.You need to have a bootable Operating system installed on the hard drive
      Again you can use the windows 2000 disk

      No Operating System found

      Can mean the hard disk has been formatted and there is no bootable Operation system

      It can mean there is no active partition on the Hard drive

      It can be missing the start-up files

      A virus can cause these things

      Things we need to know from you

      Do you have the Windows 2000 disk(CD)

      Do you have the product key
      It looks like this (12345-67890-ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO)
      Those are not the right numbers or letters so don?t try them
      It may be on a sticker on the computer case
      Do not write the code in any of your replies

      Do you know what was the last thing to happen to the Pc before it failed?

      Some one will help you if you get back with some answers

    • #2512197

      could not load operating system/autochk.exe

      by zerounderscore ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      when resizing partition using Ubuntu Linux,
      I had it installed on virtual

      I got operating system not found error.. even though I resized using free space… so thats the last time I do that …

      one I did resize, it said OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND

      SAFE MODE, last known good configuration and other stuff will not work..

      1.I BOOTED FROM XP CD, ensuring cd was a boot device.. (on dell inspiron 6400 you press f12 and then select cd-rom from the device list)
      2. see if Repair Installation is available
      if yes.. do a repair installation I guess…
      if no… restart machine, boot from XP cd again, then
      go to RECOVERY CONSOLE (press r when prompted)

      3. in recovery console it should fix c: and say unreadable perhaps… when you try dir ..

      type:
      fixmbr
      fixboot
      it will say ONLY do this if you can’t boot, which should be the case.
      4.

      could not load autochk.exe
      now you shoudl be able to see the windows loading screen.
      The problem is a HIDDEN partition.
      when windows loads it will say
      could not load autochk.exe
      http://www.pchell.com/support/autochknotfound.shtml

      Now I have a LAPTOP with no floppy drive, and I wasted a good at least 10 CDs trying to get the thing to boot, and fix what I needed.

      Basically you need any tool that can create a bootable CD(for laptops ..) allowing you to hide or unhide partitions
      i.e. changing the partition type number.

      Solution: GET ACRONIS PARTITION EXPERT

      I am not sure if the trial can burn to a cd, but the professional version can, and then you boot from this CD, and follow the instructions at
      http://www.pchell.com/support/autochknotfound.shtml
      which basically involve changing the partition to NTFS type(assuming it was NTFS originally I guess..)
      0x07
      if you tried to install Ubuntu Linux the number will be some Linux number like 0x17… so change to 0x07

      Alternate Solution: get a bootable floppy with ptedit and boot from it
      ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/ptedit.zip

      The number here should generally be 07 (hex), meaning the partition is an “Installable File System”, in other words a bootable drive. If its anything else its not bootable.

      Using your tab key, tab down to the Type box and hold down ALT + T to open the Set Type menu, then with your keyboard arrow, select 07, tab down to Ok and press Enter

      8) Hold down ALT + S to Save Changes to the partition table and then Press CTRL +C to exit out of the program.

      COnclusion:
      the problem is if the number is not 07… it is a hidden partition.

    • #2863784

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      by sewgwgjwegi ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      gwegwaegwgwwe

      • #2863783

        no operating systems :[

        by sewgwgjwegi ·

        In reply to ewgeaw

        how am i suppose to download operating systems and i have no backup wth. im using laptop o_o

    • #2899179

      This may not be helpful

      by xylan ·

      In reply to No Operating System found

      I have the True Crypt Boot loader on my laptop and you can change what is displayed before the password is enter’d http://www.truecrypt.org/, also, could they be playing a trick on you?

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