When I boot up my laptop, it's just says "operating system not found". It worked fine, the charger broke, so I bought a new one, it worked fine to start with but then the second time I booted up, it made a disconcerting noise and then just says the above, after the screen where I'm prompted to press
2006-12-21 21:27:16 · 11 answers · asked by edsephiroth 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
sorry dude, if it made that noise, your hard drive is probably bad or your boot sector is bad. For windows xp, you need the disc to recreate the boot sector. PM me on yahoo at john_aka_bean and i'll help you what i can.
2006-12-21 21:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by john_aka_bean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got over the same problem. My computer used to say that and make a clicking noise like a blinker being turned on. Turn on your computer and hold down a key till an error message appears that says key stuck. hit f4 for set up and try to go to safe mode or restore the defaults.
2006-12-22 03:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by jackjvb69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a CD/DVD/Floppyor USB drive in any drives or slots ?? This will cause that error if it tries to boot too it.
Otherwise it might be that the noise you heard was teh Hard Drive packing up.
cheers
2006-12-21 21:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by Moosehound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hard disk is probably dead as a dodo.
They can be either easy or a real pig to get out and replace depending on the model.
What was the noise exactly, update your question with a description.
2006-12-21 21:40:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine says that too, every time I switch it on! I just ignore it, click on the cross and get on with it. It does everything that it's supposed to do after that, so... Maybe it'll stop coming up with that message after a while, when it realises that I'm "not bothered". Attention-seeking, that's all it is...
2006-12-21 21:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by Nini 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your driver maybe short circuited while charging... maybe because the charger is not genuine and could not match the voltage even if the voltage labelled matches the voltage of your laptop... better, have windows reinstalled...
2006-12-21 23:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Marc G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw it out of the window
2006-12-21 21:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by Steve K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you got your new ac charger did you make absolute sure you bought one that matched wattage/voltage and especially the amperage output...? some hardware components may forgive the small differences, other components will not.
2006-12-21 21:36:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
make sure the charger is the same volts ... try booting into bios settup and loading bios defaults ..
2006-12-21 21:34:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try reinstalling the operating system but before that if u can please get the hard disk rechecked it might be the culprit but reintalling is a better option
nothing much to worry
2006-12-21 21:39:25 · answer #10 · answered by sweetboy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋