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Netbook asking for operationing system ?

sarahjayne1977
sarahjayne1977 Posts: 183 Forumite
edited 4 January 2011 at 4:43PM in Techie Stuff
Bought a netbook 29th aug..everything been great i passed it to him last night before falling sleep on sofa..this morning turned it on and it boots up so far but keeps asking for a operationing system?
it was fine when he shut it down last night anyone got any ideas ? its running on windows 7 starter
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  • Esqui
    Esqui Posts: 3,414 Forumite
    Sounds like the hard drive may have become disconnected (even slightly). If you're comfortable you know what you're doing, open it up and push the hard drive back into place; then restart and see what it says.
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  • Thought i update incase anyone has the problem or gets it as i can't believe how easy it was to fix!!

    i didnt open netbook up only as its under warranty still spent most of day trying to get though to packard bell..to be told when i start it up to press alt and f10 it would restore it back to factory settings i would lose everything lucky i save everything on desk top:)
    30 mins after press them 2 buttons my netbook is back to the day i bought it..so now hardwork starts putting everything on and setting it back up so pleased it was smiple:)
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  • Mat_Lock
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    When it cant find the operating system it usually indicates the system files have become corrupt.

    If the hard drive was loose it would mention that on the BIOS boot up, not when trying to find the windows files. Just for future reference.
  • BillTrac
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    See, you first problem was pasting it to him...

    Next time just pass it over...:rotfl:
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