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PC not booting to a:,cd-rom, or hd
Name: brandon Date: January 4, 2003 at 02:14:03 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 400/128
Comment:
I had recently taken a hard drive out of a friend's PC to put in my PC to image a new HD. When putting the drive back in the original, I receive 'OS not found' error. Sometimes just get blinking cursor. It shows up in the BIOS. I've put a new IDE cable in and made sure everything is connected right.I verified the drive is still good by putting it back in my PC. Also, the CD-ROM & A: aren't bootable. Any suggestions would be great.thanks
Name: Richard59 Date: January 4, 2003 at 03:55:54 Pacific
Reply:
What exactly do you mean when you say "to image a new HD" Were you copying his drive to yours or did you put something new on his? What do you mean your CD-ROM and A aren't bootable? Do you know how to enter BIOS and change bootsequence? Did you remember to reset jumpers on his drive? Sorry if this sounds condescending but a clear comprehensive question would get a more useful response.
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Response Number 2
Name: brandon Date: January 5, 2003 at 05:19:06 Pacific
Reply:
My original pc's hard drive went out so I attempted to ghost a copy of my friend's PC's drive to a new drive I had purchased. The drive wouldn't load and the PC was under warranty so I sent it off 'cause there were other problems so I then borrowed my buddies PC for a while.Installed my new Hdrive in his PC with no problems and loaded up XP and my apps+data.I eventually put the drive back in my PC when I got it back with no problems.But now when I put that same drive BACK to my friend's PC(to ghost to his drive), I receive a blinking cursor or 'no OS found'.All the jumpers are right and BIOS settings are right. Sorry if this is confusing.
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