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Resolved dell laptop no operating system found?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by dodopie, 2014/12/23.

  1. 2014/12/23
    dodopie Contributing Member

    dodopie Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    my laptop shut down the other night but restarted and now when it reboots it says no operating system found. I hit f2 and found a test to run and i saw it report on hard drive found. The laptop felt pretty hot on the bottom even though the fan is running. How do I get it to let me try to boot in safe mode or is it to late for that?
     
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  2. 2014/12/23
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi dodopie. If you press F8 on startup to bring up the advanced boot options menu can you select Last Known Good Configuration or Safe Mode?

    Do you have a Windows 7 DVD available?
     
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  4. 2014/12/24
    dodopie Contributing Member

    dodopie Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    f8 does nothing, I tried f2 and f12 but no safe mode there, i dont have a dvd. the computer didnt come with one.
     
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    dodopie Contributing Member

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    well i opened the laptop and found the hd was unpluged now its running again, thanks guys
     
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  6. 2014/12/24
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    :confused: How can the hdd could be unplugged ?
     
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  7. 2014/12/24
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Well thanks for letting us know. :)

    I would assume that the connection to the drive was somewhat loose and possibly a slight impact or moving the laptop around could have caused this. But that normally doesn't happen since the drive is tightened into place via the mounting holes.
     
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