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and then later - Back up your data again, again The problem may be a spurious error reading the drive, or it may be the first indications of the drive, memory, PSU or motherboard failing I presume that you have checked that you did not have a floppy, CD, DVD or USB device attached during that boot attempt Until the problem becomes more of a regular thing on the PC there is not much you can do other than ensure you have adequate backups of your data and the OS partition. And even when it does become a permanent boot feature you will still have very few options. Check how old your system is, how old the drive(s) are , are they still within warrantee If it does become almost a permanent feature try disconnecting the CD/DVD drive other than that the next best option is to 'clone' your system to a second drive, and keep either the first or that second drive out of the system so you can use it instead of the normal drive if the system does refuse to boot Also find, or create a booting floppy, USB stick? and a booting CD to test the system will boot from a different device to the hard drive Is there a local PC store that you could take the thing to to get them to fix it when it does fail Expect to pay at least $50, or £50 for them to examine it and tell you what has failed Then consider new systems cost about £300 (without screen) but complete with WinXP-Home JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Dykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:01 PM Subject: Operating System Not Found Error > This morning when I booted up I received this error. When I hit > CTL-ALT-DEL if continued to boot properly. I did try the space > key first, but just got the error across the screen again. > > Actually, yesterday when I had to re-boot was the first time I saw > it. > > Sounds scary! > > What should be the first step I take? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
