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by mulumbwe

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When i turned on my laptop this morning, It showed a message saying " operating system not found". My laptop is an IBM Thinkpad T43. I then restarted the computer and went into the BIOS setup to check whether the hard disk is being seen. It is not being detected. I then tried to run a repair using a windows XP CD and the message I got was "No hard disk found, so cannot load OS...." I then removed the hard disk and connected to my desktop as an external hdd. The hard disk is being detected on my desktop and all my data is there. I can even access the data and make changes, so I don't think its a hard disk problem

Can someone out there PLEASE offer assistance on how I can go about solving this problem. I AM REALLY DESPARATE!

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by oh smeg

It has to be either the M'Board or the connector between the M'Board and HDD.

As you can access your data you can copy it to your Desktop and have access to it so you will not be missing anything.

But if you need the NB to work remotely I wouldn't fancy your chances. But just to be on the safe side check that the HDD is actually plugged into the M'Board. If the Drive has been removed recently it's possible that the connector hasn't been replaced or it's been fitted incorrectly. However if it's anything more than that you need to look at the M'Board as a replacement which is both time consuming and expensive unless the NB is still Under Guarantee.

If it is backup all of your data and return the NB to Levono for repairs.

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by 1bn0

I have seen this behaviour in desktop with a weak cmos battery.

I don'tknow where the battery is in a t43 but in some of the older IBM models you can find it by removeing the cover plate on the bottom over the modem/nic card. The battery would be tucked in under the edge of the opening.

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