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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:30 am    Post subject: Operating System not found Reply with quote

I have a notebook Pc with xp/2000 on it. It started giving me a blue
screen saying that windows had to shut down because a system critical
proccess was unexpectidly terminated. It would go one to say that the
cause may be new / changed hardware or software. Except there haven't
been any changes in hardware. The only software change was the removal
of AVG and the addition of Norton AV. But, that was about a week ago.
Now when I reboot I am getting an "Operating System Not Found" message.
Which will usually go away on the next reboot, it's kind of a gamble.
Sometimes it boots and it will work of a while until the blue screen.
Sometimes it just give the "OS not found message". It is also running
real....real... slow. With what seems like an excessive use of the hard
drive.
If anyone has had this problem please let me know. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
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GreenieLeBrun
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:26 am    Post subject: Re: Operating System not found Reply with quote

BackdoorBobby@gmail.com wrote:
Quote:
I have a notebook Pc with xp/2000 on it. It started giving me a blue
screen saying that windows had to shut down because a system critical
proccess was unexpectidly terminated. It would go one to say that the
cause may be new / changed hardware or software. Except there haven't
been any changes in hardware. The only software change was the removal
of AVG and the addition of Norton AV. But, that was about a week ago.
Now when I reboot I am getting an "Operating System Not Found" message.
Which will usually go away on the next reboot, it's kind of a gamble.
Sometimes it boots and it will work of a while until the blue screen.
Sometimes it just give the "OS not found message". It is also running
real....real... slow. With what seems like an excessive use of the hard
drive.
If anyone has had this problem please let me know. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.

These links may be of assistance:-

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822705


How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
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IDAssociates LLC
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:26 am    Post subject: Re: Operating System not found Reply with quote

Had an identical situation last week. Its a bad drive. Next step is it
wont boot.


"D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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BackdoorBobby@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131647457.720788.261390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
I have a notebook Pc with xp/2000 on it. It started giving me a blue
screen saying that windows had to shut down because a system critical
proccess was unexpectidly terminated. It would go one to say that the
cause may be new / changed hardware or software. Except there haven't
been any changes in hardware. The only software change was the removal
of AVG and the addition of Norton AV. But, that was about a week ago.
Now when I reboot I am getting an "Operating System Not Found" message.
Which will usually go away on the next reboot, it's kind of a gamble.
Sometimes it boots and it will work of a while until the blue screen.
Sometimes it just give the "OS not found message". It is also running
real....real... slow. With what seems like an excessive use of the hard
drive.
If anyone has had this problem please let me know. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.


Could very well be that the hard drive is going bad. Run whatever
diagnostics the hard drive manufacturer has for the drive and see what it
says.

And you might want to back up whatever you need to save, just in case the
drive suddenly decides to fail completely.
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D.Currie
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:26 am    Post subject: Re: Operating System not found Reply with quote

<BackdoorBobby@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131647457.720788.261390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Quote:
I have a notebook Pc with xp/2000 on it. It started giving me a blue
screen saying that windows had to shut down because a system critical
proccess was unexpectidly terminated. It would go one to say that the
cause may be new / changed hardware or software. Except there haven't
been any changes in hardware. The only software change was the removal
of AVG and the addition of Norton AV. But, that was about a week ago.
Now when I reboot I am getting an "Operating System Not Found" message.
Which will usually go away on the next reboot, it's kind of a gamble.
Sometimes it boots and it will work of a while until the blue screen.
Sometimes it just give the "OS not found message". It is also running
real....real... slow. With what seems like an excessive use of the hard
drive.
If anyone has had this problem please let me know. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.


Could very well be that the hard drive is going bad. Run whatever
diagnostics the hard drive manufacturer has for the drive and see what it
says.

And you might want to back up whatever you need to save, just in case the
drive suddenly decides to fail completely.
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