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by trav84

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Hi,
I have an Acer Laptop 4500 series and my harddrive went bad so i went and got another harddrive... Got out my recovery CD's and went to install the one that has XP on it and I set it to load CD/Rom on boot and i started giving me a PXE error so i removed the harddrive cause it said that one of my cables might have been loose replaced it and it doesnt give me the error anymore but it keeps telling me "No Operating System Found"... Which is correct because i dont have the operating system loaded yet but it wont prompt me to the recovery screen, it seems as if it want to run the CD but then it stops and gives me this error or message i should say, on boot up. It gets stuck there and it wont do anything and then when i press enter the message disappears then comes back on "No Operating System Found"... Any help would be appreciated... Thanks

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by trav84

I did set it to boot from CD but it still does the same thing... I can hear the Disk booting but it still gives me the same message...

by l-mo

Depending on your Bios and M'board you'll want to look for a setting related to network boot and PXE or WOL (wake-on-Lan) and disable it. Don't disable the onbaord nic just the option for network booting.

This should at least get you past a PXE issue and you can troubleshoot any other problems with booting to CD (and yes set the BIOS to boot to CD).

here's a link with some details on PXE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment

by trav84

I did that already cause I read a few other forums on the subject and I got the PXE error to go away... But Im still faced with the "No Operating System" message and even thought I set the CD to run first it still wont boot... Im starting to wonder if it is a bad CD. Or bad CD/Rom drive.. But it is weird cause is seems like it wants to run and the CD turns so I know its reading it but maybe the CD is bad.... :(

by the scummy one

is there a question on screen saying to press a key to boot to the cd?

If it is your 1st boot option, then it may ask.
To test the cd, try another cd that boots. If it works, then the cd may be bad or a non-boot cd.

As for the cd spinning at boot, it could be spinning up long enough to determine if it is a bootable cd.

by trav84

Ok... Thanks for your help got the recovery screen to come up but now this is what happens.... I got about 1/2 way through the recovery and then the screen goes completly black... So I turn the PC back on and put the bootable disk back in and got to the recovery screen again then the wording and everything was messed up like you could make out the wording but barely and there were lines going horizonally across... Had to turn the PC back off and then when I try to boot up nothing comes on screen and the screen is black and the green powerlight is lit up but the pc gets stuck with nothing on the screen... I have to take the battery out and then unplug the power cable to get the thing to turn off!!! So frustrating....

by l-mo

If you question the drive and can change it, or use an external, do so. Get it to boot to the CD and start over from scratch.

Get yourself a PE disk, or any kind of boot disk that will give you some disk wiping tools. Fully clean the drive and start all over. Partition and format the drive before installing the OS.

If you have the resources and can check your parts on know working machines, you'll narrow down your problems.

Don't forget to tag good suggestions so others can see.

Good Luck!

by trav84

Could it be that the system is overheating which would cause it to shut down like that and then not turn on properly? Because i let the pc sit for awhile unplugged cause it wouldnt do anything and then I plugged it back in and then it started up fine...???

by the scummy one

when I was first reading the update about garbled screen. Then reboot and it is black.

Ok, try this, get a can of air and clean out those fans, remove the keyboard and blast out the system.
replace the keyboard and boot into the BIOS. Look for an option to keep the fan on.

Also, look for a notebook stand with fans to blow cool air into the unit (around $20)

After that, try again. And let us know

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