"Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Completely off-topic but I was wondering if anyone's had this problem before >on a laptop. Mine's being difficult lately and since yesterday I've turned >it on several times only to have a black screen with the words 'Operating >System Not Found' after the Compaq boot screen. This symptom's accompanied >by a clicking noise from the harddrive. After about a million tries, its >finally restarted this morning but I dare not say how long it'll be up for.
Sounds like major hard drive trouble brewing. Back up everything NOW! >Some research on the net suggests something like a loose IDE connection, >which makes the comp not recognise a fixed drive. Not very likely on a laptop but you never know. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
