"Missing operating system" .......it was there a minut ago!

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OK well I need a break from trying to debug Vista I may as well vent.
OK well Ive gotten the "MIssing opperating system" black screen
message pop up way to many times. Blue screens of death 2-3 times a
day, Reinstalling Vista 5 times now and counting. Thought I had it
licked untill I went and installed Norton 360, here we go again, get
me some tylenol.Well Im guessing everyone is still in Guini pig stages
with all the new Vista compatable software. If I have to reinstall my
OS every day who cares about viruses.Where is the VISTA REPAIR feature
on the Vista DVD? I dont wanna re install again & again.
 
The "Missing Operating System" error is a BIOS error, not a Windows error.
It means that the computer cannot find a bootable drive to start from. It's
almost certainly not a Vista problem, I'd bet on either a hard drive getting
ready to fail or possibly bad memory modules.

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Floppy left in the drive perhaps?

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Richard G. Harper said:
The "Missing Operating System" error is a BIOS error, not a Windows error.
It means that the computer cannot find a bootable drive to start from.
It's almost certainly not a Vista problem, I'd bet on either a hard drive
getting ready to fail or possibly bad memory modules.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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MC360 said:
OK well I need a break from trying to debug Vista I may as well vent.
OK well Ive gotten the "MIssing opperating system" black screen
message pop up way to many times. Blue screens of death 2-3 times a
day, Reinstalling Vista 5 times now and counting. Thought I had it
licked untill I went and installed Norton 360, here we go again, get
me some tylenol.Well Im guessing everyone is still in Guini pig stages
with all the new Vista compatable software. If I have to reinstall my
OS every day who cares about viruses.Where is the VISTA REPAIR feature
on the Vista DVD? I dont wanna re install again & again.
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Possible. ;-)

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Rick Rogers said:
Floppy left in the drive perhaps?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Richard G. Harper said:
The "Missing Operating System" error is a BIOS error, not a Windows
error. It means that the computer cannot find a bootable drive to start
from. It's almost certainly not a Vista problem, I'd bet on either a hard
drive getting ready to fail or possibly bad memory modules.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


MC360 said:
OK well I need a break from trying to debug Vista I may as well vent.
OK well Ive gotten the "MIssing opperating system" black screen
message pop up way to many times. Blue screens of death 2-3 times a
day, Reinstalling Vista 5 times now and counting. Thought I had it
licked untill I went and installed Norton 360, here we go again, get
me some tylenol.Well Im guessing everyone is still in Guini pig stages
with all the new Vista compatable software. If I have to reinstall my
OS every day who cares about viruses.Where is the VISTA REPAIR feature
on the Vista DVD? I dont wanna re install again & again.
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