"No bootable partition" error on startup

Sounds like your HDD may have died. Check you BIOS, look for Auto-Detect IDE and see if it finds the drive. Check physical cables into the hard drive. If it's seen by BIOS check if the partition is set as Active (use FDISK on a boot floppy).

Sounds like the master boot record got nixed or possibly the hard drive is stuck. I've fixed this before by taking the HDD out and tapping it a few times on the bottom and sticking it back in. If that doesnt work then you would have to see if the boot record on the drive got nixed and put back all the system files. Possibly the command SYS c: from a command prompt after booting from a system boot disk might work, but dont hold me 100% on that one, say like 75% :)

There was a similar question last week which is now closed, but here is the location.

https://www.techrepublic.com/forumqa/thread_detail.jhtml?thread_id=36451

Check out those answers. It'll most likely solve your problem.

Sounds like your Master Boot Record is corrupted. Get a Bootable floopy and try this command: fdisk /MBR. This will restore your Master Boot Record. Hopes this helps.

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