I took it apart and checked all the connectors, the connector for the DVD drive was the only one loose, I took them all out and re seated them well. It still gives me the Operating System not found message. I talked to the person I bought it from a few minutes ago and they said they bought it to use as a home computer. They got a Laptop so they wouldn't have to mess with all the wires.
I think it only had a 16Gb or so hard drive, so if it went out, it's not a big loss. Any recommendations on where to find a decent used drive, around 80Gb or so? Also, what OS should I try to get so it won't take forever to do anything? XP sp1 or something like 98, if I can find a disc for it? On Dec 8, 10:56 am, KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > With less than 512MB and XP-SP3 what you have is exactly what I would > expect (slow being an insufficient description)!!! > As for your operating system not found problems. Well, what I would do > is open it up and re-seat all boards and connectors. I have seen a > number of laptops start to have this same type of problems (all older > ones which have had quite a bit of portable usage) which were cleared > up (at least for a while if they were still being heavily used > portables from place to place). > > On Dec 8, 7:25 am, Andrew B <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had checked the system information through the control panel and it > > said it was a 1.2 GHz with 256 Mb of ram. It came with XP sp3, with > > AVG as an antivirus. It had Norton Antivirus still installed from the > > factory, but the subscription was out of date and it would not allow > > me to remove the software. It had PhotoImpression 7 (I think) as well > > as a few games, nothing high-end like Crysis, more like stuff you > > would find on the Wal Mart $5 rack. > > > I say HAD because I started to get the 'Operating System not found.' > > message on start up. I think the slow load times may have been from a > > failing hard drive. Is there any way to check and make sure that is > > the case? I'd rather not spend the money to get a new hard drive only > > to find out it was something else. > > > Thanks, > > --Andrew > > > On Dec 7, 7:00 pm, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well i looked up it's specs.. it says it runs on a 900MHz AMD processor, > > > and > > > it has like 128MB or 256MB ram.. that's kinda low configuration.. but i > > > don't think it should be as slow as you said, could you tell us about the > > > operating system and anti virus and other things that you use on the > > > computer? > > > Thanks > > > > ~Coalwater~ > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Andrew B > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I got a Compaq Presario 700 laptop really cheap as an internet surfer > > > > I could carry around and not worry too much about it getting stolen or > > > > damaged. It has a couple problems. > > > > > First, I know it's not going to be as fast as my dual core desktop, > > > > but how slow is normal? It'll take 2-3 minutes to load an image. > > > > Sometimes it'll take nearly 5 minutes to change folders. It can make > > > > me wait around 10 minutes to move a small file. > > > > > Second, I don't think the CD/DVD drive works. It spins up quickly, I > > > > guess to max drive speed because I can really hear the motor going. > > > > But then it decides there isn't a disc in there. I tried to burn a CD > > > > with some music that was on it and it recognised a disc, but it said > > > > it wasn't formatted correctly and I should format the disc. I did and > > > > then it no longer recognised the disc. I got the QuickRestore discs > > > > that came with it as well, and I was going to use them to start fresh, > > > > but since the drive won't read them, I can't. Could it be a driver > > > > issue that I can fix to use the QuickRestore or am I going to have to > > > > do something else? It doesn't have USB 2.0 so I'm not sure how well an > > > > external CD drive would work. > > > > > Thanks in advance for any answers! > > > > --Andrew > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
