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no operating system found
tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up
getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down. when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be appreciated, thanks |
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no operating system found
Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!!
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's " wrote in message ... tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down. when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be appreciated, thanks |
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no operating system found
it's a compaq 1700 laptop.....
-----Original Message----- Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's " wrote in message ... tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down. when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be appreciated, thanks . |
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no operating system found
From what little I can find this seems as if it may be related to using the
restore facility while running an AV (either a software AV, like Norton, or the BIOS AV) - "ERROR #29 CANNOT LOCK A LOCKED DRIVE" You need to repeat the factory restore, starting with a floppy boot - unless the restore disk is bootable?? Try contacting either Compaq direct, or looking in their support site (now part of HP's support) - http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Looku...=11&submit.y=4 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's " wrote in message ... it's a compaq 1700 laptop..... -----Original Message----- Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's " wrote in message ... tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down. when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be appreciated, thanks . |
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