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Old April 17th 05, 01:25 AM
KenP
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Default Operating Sys Not Found

Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I am having the Op Sys NF problem. I can boot from a floppy disk and change
to the C drive, but can't get a file/directory list. If I run the DIR
command, I get what appears to be a list of DOS commands residing on the
floppy disk. I say that because the byte size of the C drive is represented
as the same size as a floppy disk. I used bootdisk I created and one I
downloaded from bootdisk.com with same results. I did not use the SPINRITE
program cause I do not want to purchase it without some assurance it will
work--I know, cheapskate.

Does anyone know of another option I might have for accessing the files on
the hard drive?

I posted this in GENERAL thread but did not anything helpful. I appreciate
the two individuals who replied but just am not having any luck.

Thanks for any help you can provide and have a great weekend.
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Old April 17th 05, 01:33 AM
Noel Paton
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Boot with a floppy - type
DIR C:
what's reported?

Type
FDISK /STATUS

What's reported??


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"KenP" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I am having the Op Sys NF problem. I can boot from a floppy disk and
change
to the C drive, but can't get a file/directory list. If I run the DIR
command, I get what appears to be a list of DOS commands residing on the
floppy disk. I say that because the byte size of the C drive is
represented
as the same size as a floppy disk. I used bootdisk I created and one I
downloaded from bootdisk.com with same results. I did not use the SPINRITE
program cause I do not want to purchase it without some assurance it will
work--I know, cheapskate.

Does anyone know of another option I might have for accessing the files on
the hard drive?

I posted this in GENERAL thread but did not anything helpful. I appreciate
the two individuals who replied but just am not having any luck.

Thanks for any help you can provide and have a great weekend.



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Old April 17th 05, 01:54 AM
KenP
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When I run Dir C command I get a list of DOS commands. No directories and
nothing that indicates the Dir actually reported on C drive.

When I run FDISK, I get no disks found.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Boot with a floppy - type
DIR C:
what's reported?

Type
FDISK /STATUS

What's reported??


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"KenP" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I am having the Op Sys NF problem. I can boot from a floppy disk and
change
to the C drive, but can't get a file/directory list. If I run the DIR
command, I get what appears to be a list of DOS commands residing on the
floppy disk. I say that because the byte size of the C drive is
represented
as the same size as a floppy disk. I used bootdisk I created and one I
downloaded from bootdisk.com with same results. I did not use the SPINRITE
program cause I do not want to purchase it without some assurance it will
work--I know, cheapskate.

Does anyone know of another option I might have for accessing the files on
the hard drive?

I posted this in GENERAL thread but did not anything helpful. I appreciate
the two individuals who replied but just am not having any luck.

Thanks for any help you can provide and have a great weekend.




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Old April 17th 05, 02:11 AM
Noel Paton
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Hmm - sounds like you HD has died - terminally!
I hope you have backups?

The RAMDisk is being allocated to drive C:, because there's no visible HD

It may be worth checking the IDE connectors to the HD and making sure that
they're properly seated, and that the power leads are OK

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"KenP" wrote in message
...
When I run Dir C command I get a list of DOS commands. No directories and
nothing that indicates the Dir actually reported on C drive.

When I run FDISK, I get no disks found.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Boot with a floppy - type
DIR C:
what's reported?

Type
FDISK /STATUS

What's reported??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

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Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"KenP" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I am having the Op Sys NF problem. I can boot from a floppy disk and
change
to the C drive, but can't get a file/directory list. If I run the DIR
command, I get what appears to be a list of DOS commands residing on
the
floppy disk. I say that because the byte size of the C drive is
represented
as the same size as a floppy disk. I used bootdisk I created and one I
downloaded from bootdisk.com with same results. I did not use the
SPINRITE
program cause I do not want to purchase it without some assurance it
will
work--I know, cheapskate.

Does anyone know of another option I might have for accessing the files
on
the hard drive?

I posted this in GENERAL thread but did not anything helpful. I
appreciate
the two individuals who replied but just am not having any luck.

Thanks for any help you can provide and have a great weekend.






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Old April 17th 05, 08:41 PM
N. Miller
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When I run Dir C command I get a list of DOS commands. No directories and
nothing that indicates the Dir actually reported on C drive.


When I run FDISK, I get no disks found.


Have you made any recent changes? If not, as Noel says, it is a dead HDD.

However, in the remote possibility that you might have change; I got that
error after a BIOS update. After flashing the latest HP BIOS image, on
reboot the "System Not Found" error appeared. I rebooted, but used the F2
key to get to the BIOS configuration. For some reason the BIOS had switched
the cables, and the boot sequence. I physically swapped the cables, and re-
configured the BIOS options to match what had been configured before
flashing the latest HP BIOS version; after that I was back in business.

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Old April 17th 05, 09:02 PM
Rick T
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KenP wrote:
Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I am having the Op Sys NF problem. I can boot from a floppy disk and change
to the C drive, but can't get a file/directory list. If I run the DIR
command, I get what appears to be a list of DOS commands residing on the
floppy disk. I say that because the byte size of the C drive is represented
as the same size as a floppy disk. I used bootdisk I created and one I
downloaded from bootdisk.com with same results. I did not use the SPINRITE
program cause I do not want to purchase it without some assurance it will
work--I know, cheapskate.

Does anyone know of another option I might have for accessing the files on
the hard drive?

I posted this in GENERAL thread but did not anything helpful. I appreciate
the two individuals who replied but just am not having any luck.

Thanks for any help you can provide and have a great weekend.


Well, so far the weekend is going rather mediocrely... there's still
time though.

As Noel said, the reason you seem to have a "C:" when you boot from the
EBD is that the RAMDisk which the EBD creates is being assigned that letter.

Looks like you have a dead disk, *but* you'll want to check a few things
before you turn it into an industrial-art paperweight.

BIOS - ensure drive detection is set to AUTO.

Does the red light come on when you boot up ? Do you hear the drive
spinning up?

Cables - may be a bum power or data cable.


Rick
 




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