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Missing operating system
Name: cloakedndc Date: April 5, 2004 at 12:02:58 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 3.6 gig 1.2ram
Comment:
My power went off.. 2 hrs later it came back on all 4 computers rebooted but one is giving me an error "Missing operating system" what should i do? please help
Name: johnr Date: April 5, 2004 at 12:06:48 Pacific
Reply:
Chances are your MBR has been corrupted - insert your original XP CD and let it go through the process of checking and replacing as necessary - it's normally a fairly smooth process, just beware you don't accidentally get it to re-format the driv.
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Response Number 2
Name: cloakedndc Date: April 5, 2004 at 12:45:38 Pacific
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System came with XP installed i dont have the disk please help
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