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Title: Me again.. Post by: Ells on Saturday, September 24, 2016, 23:21:46 I am so rubbish with computers, thanks in advance if you can offer any advice.
I tried to turn my laptop on as normal today and got this message: An operating system wasn’t found. Try disconnecting any drives that don’t contain an operating system. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Most of the stuff I found on google suggested booting from a disc and using the command line but it's not having that, just comes up with the same message. Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: suttonred on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 00:24:09 Hard drive has croaked it.
Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: Ells on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 00:43:58 That was my amateur assessment, just not sure what do next! Buy a new one and just bung it in? Bleh, bring me my abacus :crash:
Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: Flashheart on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 10:17:55 Buy a new one and just bung it in? Pretty much. You'll need an OS on it as well. Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 10:18:52 Just try reseating the drive first. And check if it works if you remove all USB devices and any disks in the cd drive
Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: Peter Venkman on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 10:26:38 Scrap it and sell it to webuyanycomp for 3 humbugs and a packet of Haribo.
On an aside...the Hard Drive may well not be fucked, it may just have corrupted the boot files, an easy fix with a boot usb/Windows install CD. Never assume it "is definately the HDD broken" because it often isn't. Alternatively it could be the disk is fucked in which case you buy a new one, fit it (2 min job) and install Windows on it from usb(30 mins)/CD-DVD(1 hour) with the serial number you already have. Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: Ells on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 21:23:18 Thanks guys :) I do appreciate all your help.
It probably is the hard drive as it was a bit wobbly last time I got someone to look at it. It takes 2 drives so it wouldn't do me any harm to buy one anyway. Pretty much. You'll need an OS on it as well. I don't know what that means really! I've got an .ISO of Windows 7, will that work? Title: Re: Me again.. Post by: suttonred on Sunday, September 25, 2016, 22:16:21 Yeah that's the OS, but not a task for someone unfamiliar with installing from fresh. Get a savvy relative to spend their time doing it :)
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