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Missing Operating System

AnonymousAnonymous
edited June 2004 in Software
I recently aquired a Winbook xp5 laptop that reads "Missing Operating System" upon booting. As I am inexperienced with laptops I was wondering if there was any advise out there. I do not have any factory disks to install. please help

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  • QQ
    That means that no OS (Windows, DOS, anything) is installed.

    I suggest you get an OS, either from WinWorld (If it's ABW (95, 98, NT)), or get from somewhere else an updated one. and install it.

    -Q
  • Ka0sKa0s
    Wasnt the "Missing Operating System" because the partitions thre, but theres no system files?
  • SurfinShell23SurfinShell23
    I'm not sure.... I think it would say Missing OS if there aren't system files either way.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    Missing OS is a BIOS error message when there is no available devies to boot from.
  • Ka0sKa0s
    No, thats "INACESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE"
  • RNRN
    Just format the disk and install a new OS in it.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    yep. If you just want DOS, boot it up with a DOS bootdisk, and go FORMAT C: /SYS and then COPY A:\ C:\

    thatll get you a basic DOS install. make sure to add HIMEM.SYS into config.sys by typing in "DEVICE=[path]\HIMEM.EXE
  • RNRN
    Yeah, and install 2000 w/sp4 or XP w/SP1 because you don't have the factory disks and you will need the drivers. The drivers should come with those OS.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    Winbooks are old
  • RNRN
    Heh sorry misread. Thought he meant XP. You know what I mean.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    Yeah, I think the makers of WinBook should sue M$ for using XP way after they used it.

    Also, IBM shyould sue too. They use XP before all of them. "PS\2 Model 95 XP" or something like that.
  • BODBOD
    doesnt missing operating system mean that the bootsectors fucked up? thats happedned to my laptop at the moment. could be a virus y'know. only problem my laptop have no cdrom dive reinstalling windows could be interesting.....
  • QQ
    FishNET3000 wrote:
    No, thats "INACESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE"

    No, that's when NTLDR and/or NTOSKRNL.EXE goes south.

    -Q
  • BODBOD
    Q wrote:
    FishNET3000 wrote:
    No, thats "INACESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE"

    No, that's when NTLDR and/or NTOSKRNL.EXE goes south.

    -Q



    don't they refer to NT oses ain't this the 9x bit?
  • QQ
    Yea, I was just correcting Fish.

    -Q
  • SurfinShell23SurfinShell23
    I think he was saying that this was in the wrong forum... being 9x....
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