If there is critical data I'd simply reinstall Windows so that the disk
could be accessed and make a complete back-up or boot from a Linux distro CD
that can read whatever format the disk is in and make a back-up from there
whichever is easier for you.
Cheryl D Wise
MS MVP Expression - Author: Fou
At 01:30 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>In this case, I would format the drive, try to reload Windows on the same
>drive. If it loads - great. If it doesn't, then I would get a new hard
>drive. Once you get it reloaded, protect yourself with some software in the
>event it was a virus that did this.
I
Deb:
Is the laptop set up to boot from the CD because regardless of what's
happened to the hard drive you shouldn't get this message if you're
successfully booting from the CD.
You'll need to get into the laptop's BIOS and change the boot settings
(or boot priority) to fire off the CD-ROM first.
On 2008/01/04 1:01 (GMT-0200) Felix Miata wrote:
>No! Formatting is something you do to a partition, not to the physical
>device. With W98 there's big likelihood that the problem is a boot sector
>virus or a BIOS virus, neither of which standard formatting would affect.
>Reinstalling might kill a
On 2008/01/04 12:41 (GMT-0200) PBC Web Design apparently typed:
> If I can get it booted up, then I'm going to
> probably just reformat using the cd's that came
> w/the system. I don't think there's anything
> important on it but I'll ask her
> first. Reformatting should rid the system of an
At 12:35 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>Usually hitting F12 during startup will allow you to boot from CD (or on
>some systems choose what you want to boot from). I usually start tapping it
>right when it finishes the memory test and is detecting the hard drives.
>Hit it once or twice or three times - n
At 11:36 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>Once you've selected the CD-ROM drive as a boot device (with a higher
>priority than the hard drive) reboot with the recovery CD or a Windows
>CD in the drive and see what happens (or, if you see an option for a
>one-time boot menu when the machine is first startin
Usually hitting F12 during startup will allow you to boot from CD (or on
some systems choose what you want to boot from). I usually start tapping it
right when it finishes the memory test and is detecting the hard drives.
Hit it once or twice or three times - not a big deal.
I agree with David on
PBC Web Design wrote:
> At 10:40 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>> Are you sure that the drive in the old machine is dead, though? The
>> "Missing Operating System" error doesn't necessarily mean that the hard
>> drive is dead, it could just be that the bootloader has been wiped (by a
>> virus, for examp
At 10:40 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>Are you sure that the drive in the old machine is dead, though? The
>"Missing Operating System" error doesn't necessarily mean that the hard
>drive is dead, it could just be that the bootloader has been wiped (by a
>virus, for example).
>
>When you tried booting f
PBC Web Design wrote:
> They don't do much on it. Some internet and word
> processing. Can I get a bigger hard drive than
> what's in it?
Yes.
> Wouldn't a larger
> hard drive be bigger in physical size? There is
> absolutely no more room in there for anything
> bigger than what's in it n
At 09:57 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>It depends on what she uses the laptop for. I upgraded my original laptop
>from an 80GB to a 100GB. Now I would love to have something closer to 160GB
>to 200GB. My point is that I think 30GB doesn't seem like very much.
>Although if it's Windows 98, and she doe
Hi Deb -
It depends on what she uses the laptop for. I upgraded my original laptop
from an 80GB to a 100GB. Now I would love to have something closer to 160GB
to 200GB. My point is that I think 30GB doesn't seem like very much.
Although if it's Windows 98, and she doesn't do much, then it's fin
Hi there,
My daughter's laptop's hard drive is shot it
looks like. "Missing Operating System" is all I
can get it to do. Have tried inserting the
recovery cd and a Win98SE cd - same message. I
opened it up and pulled the drive and reseated it
twice - just in case it had come loose. No
lu
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