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by empowerment137

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My husband used the PC, shut it down per instructions. Next day, I start to run PC (have a homebase business) and it tells me that it doesnt detect an operating system. I had Win95/98 and all of the Microsoft Windows 2000. I tried scandsk and it tells me I have no problems on the c:/. Yet, when I go to the msdos prompt-it says i need to partition. I dont have any data and my business is on standstill.I need a mentor also to partner on gov/city/county/fed procurement.

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by richsoz

More information is needed:
How did you get scandisk to run w/o an operating system?
Are there any floppies and/or CD's and/or Zip Disks presently in the computer?
Did husband access the web and possibly bring in a virus? Do you have antivirus recovery diskette?
Sorry, no answers, yet.
Rich

by empowerment137

HE WAS CHECKING HIS EMAIL. I TRIED TO RUN THE WINDOWS 98 START UP FLOPPY DISK THAT I HAD COPIED FROM THE HARD DRIVE.

by bughunter

Scandsk is just telling you that your hard drive is physically OK. Something has overwritten the files needed to start your OS. Which version of Windows were you running? Were you running multiple versions of Windows (dual-boot)? If so then whatversions? Was your husband upgrading, installing, or changing software?

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