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Cannot load operating system.
Name: rockyfella Date: April 28, 2002 at 15:59:13 Pacific
Comment:
My son recently had an accident with his Tiny 1100 laptop, it fell, but seemed not to be damaged,(while in use).All was well for a few days but now when turned on it shows the message "CANNOT LOAD OPERATING SYSTEM".(I think). Can anyone please advise me what to do.
Name: sam Date: April 28, 2002 at 17:24:03 Pacific
Reply:
'Probably' a dead hard drive. Download a diagnostic from the hard drive manufacturers web site.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jeff Date: April 28, 2002 at 19:04:12 Pacific
Reply:
The hard drive probably died as a result of the fall. Can you boot from a boot disk?
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Response Number 3
Name: rockyfella Date: April 29, 2002 at 05:00:07 Pacific
Reply:
I havn`t actually seen my son yet,since accident,as he lives away from home. Will see him later this week and try to boot from disk. If it boots from disk can I run a repair/checkdisk or is the hard drive possibly needing replacing.
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Response Number 4
Name: anapaty Date: April 29, 2002 at 08:52:17 Pacific
Reply:
I think it is a virus that deletes windows sytems files. I had the same problem with 3 laptops in my company. What I did was reinstall windows, and some drivers and programs. If you have any problem let me know.
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