windows98se

F

fr8erdawg

any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
useless. any ideas?
 
P

philo

"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C9D3A609-3663-4AC0-8045-DA2DF30D9653@microsoft.com...
> any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> useless. any ideas?


It's possible the cmos battery died and the settings were lost for your
harddrive ...

enter the bios and see if you can re-detect the drive...

If you can but the settings get lost again...you'll need to replace your
cmos battery
(no big deal)
 
F

fr8erdawg

The battery is good. I think the kids did something to the computer. Thanks.

"philo" wrote:

>
> "fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C9D3A609-3663-4AC0-8045-DA2DF30D9653@microsoft.com...
> > any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> > computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> > useless. any ideas?
>
>
> It's possible the cmos battery died and the settings were lost for your
> harddrive ...
>
> enter the bios and see if you can re-detect the drive...
>
> If you can but the settings get lost again...you'll need to replace your
> cmos battery
> (no big deal)
>
>
>
 
P

PCR

fr8erdawg wrote:
| any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned
| on my computer and got a message "operating system not found".
| computer is now useless. any ideas?

Does it seem that the hard drive is recognized by BIOS during post?

(A) Eject any floppy or CD left in a drive.
Does it still happen? Then...

(B) By the word of Starman, these are the error messages of the MBR
(Master Boot Record) code...
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/STDMBR.htm

Invalid partition table.
Error loading operating system.
Missing operating system.

And these are of PBR (Partition Boot Record) code...
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/MSWIN41.htm

Invalid system disk.
Disk I/O error.
Replace the disk, and then press any key.

(C) Get a Startup Diskette from
http://www.bootdisk.com/ , if you don't already have one from "Control
Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk tab". Put the diskette in &
turn on the computer. (It may be necessary to enter BIOS Setup & set the
floppy to boot above the hard drive.)

Enter "DIR C:" at the A:\ Prompt.
Did you get a listing or an error message?

Enter "FDISK /Status"
What shows up?


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
 
P

philo

"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BED8156E-908D-49D1-9C0C-9BCF3AAFD1F3@microsoft.com...
> The battery is good. I think the kids did something to the computer.
Thanks.



Sheesh...
why when I was a kid (back in 1955) I sure as heck never fooled around with
my dad's computer...

kids!!!!! <G>
 
B

Ben Myers

"fr8erdawg" <fr8erdawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C9D3A609-3663-4AC0-8045-DA2DF30D9653@microsoft.com...
> any help would be appreciated. went out of town came back and turned on my
> computer and got a message "operating system not found". computer is now
> useless. any ideas?

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows 98
boot floppy. Use it to start the computer in question, select "Start computer
without CD-ROM support", type "sys c:" at the "A:\" prompt and press "Enter".
Then remove the floppy and restart.

Ben
 
C

cllockhard

I have a Compaq Presario that has Windows 98 SE on it
I keep getting the same error message that the operating system can not
be found.When I try to upgrade to a newer version of windows and I keep
getting the error messages that my hard drive can not be detected.
Please help me. I have tried everything and don't know what I can do to
fix it. It seems that my hard drive is not being detected.


--
cllockhard
------------------------------------------------------------------------
cllockhard's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=39641
View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=866013

http://forums.techarena.in
 
B

Ben Myers

"cllockhard" <cllockhard.33c6bd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:cllockhard.33c6bd@DoNotSpam.com...
>
> I have a Compaq Presario that has Windows 98 SE on it
> I keep getting the same error message that the operating system can not
> be found.When I try to upgrade to a newer version of windows and I keep
> getting the error messages that my hard drive can not be detected.
> Please help me. I have tried everything and don't know what I can do to
> fix it. It seems that my hard drive is not being detected.

Start the computer and watch the screen closely for something like
"Press delete for setup". Press the appropriate key, find "Autodetect
Hard Drives" and perform the detection. Be sure to save the changes
when exiting. Please note that the setup screens typically have instructions
at the bottom or side of the screen and often there is no mouse support.

Ben
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

J
My Canon printer (MFC634 Cdw) would not print jobs.
Replies
0
Views
22
Jim782
J
M
went from windows 10 and to windows 11.
Replies
0
Views
15
Michelle BK
M
T
Computer is acting up
Replies
0
Views
41
TeejayHi5
T
J
Halo Infinite closes on initialize screen
Replies
0
Views
16
Jobiwann254
J
A
My computer is blue screening because I reduced the maximum ram usage by accident I don’t know what to do to fix it.
Replies
0
Views
19
Ava Randall
A
Back
Top Bottom