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XP- operating system gone

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by countrygal, 2003/04/29.

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  1. 2003/04/29
    countrygal

    countrygal Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi
    wonder if any one has any ideas what to do- my fiance' is using a HP computer- XP home edition, the system crashed- it just keeps saying "no operating system is found ".
    I had a system recovery disc's for a HP Me - but it won't even open/read them-
    any help ? or is it a boat anchor now or what ??:rolleyes:
    thanks for your replies
    Debbie
     
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    bubba169 Well-Known Member

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    Is the BIOS set to boot off a CD first? If not then change it to boot the CD-Rom drive first and try that.

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    countrygal

    countrygal Inactive Thread Starter

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    I haven't a clue how to change that- just know when we power it up the 1st and only thing we see is- "operating system not found "
    how do we change that to get into the bios ?
    thank you for your help ! :)
    have a wonderful day
    Debbie
     
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    PeteC

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    Hi Debbie,

    When you boot up beast hold down either F1, F2 0r Delete - depends on the make of Bios.

    The Bios screen should appear - navigate to Boot and set the Boot order to CD-ROM > Floppy > HDD.

    If you can do this Save and Exit - insert the Recovery Disk into the CD-ROM drive and boot.

    Be aware that most Recovery Disks Format the HDD - ALL data will be lost.

    If there is a repair option (unlikely) go for that.

    Good luck :)
     
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    bubba169

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    In my experience either F1 or F2 will get you into the BIOS of an HP computer but it may be a different key look at this page for info on getting into the bios (it's about parallel port settings but has a good listing of BIOS info).

    Hope it helps

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    countrygal

    countrygal Inactive Thread Starter

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    thanks so much for all your help ! I'll let ya know what happens after we get it done
    have a great day & thanks again !!!!!;)
    Debbie
     
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