Dennis, Also, you can get an external enclosure (IDE or SATA), install your current "damaged" drive and then connect it to another computer via USB; there is a very good chance that you will able to see and access/recover your files if you do not have backups. I keep enclosures with me at all times and I have been able to recover data from damaged drives from clients, at least a half a dozen times in the last year alone; they are relatively inexpensive ($10-$20).
Javier, Javier Valencia, PE 913-829-0888 Office 913-915-3137 Cell 913-649-2904 Fax [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Fleming Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:45 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
