I would replace the laptop. Good luck, hope your files are recovered. Ken
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Fleming Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 9:45 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - O/T- Operating System not found On a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop with XP (about 6 years old), the rather ominous message probably indicates the hard drive is toast. I can hit the F2 key to get to the set up screen where I can look elsewhere for a bootable O/S. (It currently says, "Hard Drive: None") My hunch is that even if all else is OK, probably not worth replacing a hard drive? TIA, Dennis ***** Dennis Fleming IISCO www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 775-7593 Mobile: 570 351-5290
