Operating System Not Found
My home PC (an ancient HP) running Windows XP Pro crashed today (again). I guess Visual Studio, Sql Management Studio, Internet Explorer and an install (updated Atlas Control Toolkit) were too much for the old girl! When I rebooted The following message displayed:
Operating system not found
I rebooted again and everything was normal. Unfortunately, “Bessie” is so old that normal is very slow…especially when trying to run applications like Visual Studio. I haven’t been very concerned about updating because I mostly use my Apple iMac at home and I have a pretty cool PC at work. I’ve got my eye on one of the Intel Macs…must hold off as long as possible though.
Well, Operating System Not Found can be a nasty situation. If it hits you again, you need to recover from it…see this:
http://life-slices.blogspot.com/
It may help you to be prepared for a disk crash.
Comment on October 28, 2006 @ 9:36 am
@AN - Thanks for the heads up. Everything of value on that disk is backed up…it is definitely time to retire that PC though.
Comment on October 28, 2006 @ 9:56 am
If you find that you need something from a failing drive, I highly recommend DriveFish. I have used their service with great success recently. They don’t even charge you if they can’t recover your data.
-Danny
Comment on April 30, 2008 @ 1:44 am