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March 12th 05, 02:46 PM
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operating system not found
During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about contacting compaq? Could this be true?? P.s iv'e even tried a new hardrive..Still no help..Any help would be GREATLy APPRECIATED -- pope10 
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March 13th 05, 12:22 PM
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The Recovery CD that shipped with many units required the D:System_sav or
recovery partition to be intact in order to restore the original software image on the hard drive. A full QuickRestore CD set is required if that partition is missing or damaged. Unfortunately, when Microsoft dropped support for all Win 9X versions prior to WinMe, HP/Compaq stopped offering QR sets for those. you may have to purchase a full install CD of whatever Os you want to use and install from that. HH "pope10" wrote in message news  During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about contacting compaq? Could this be true?? P.s iv'e even tried a new hardrive..Still no help..Any help would be GREATLy APPRECIATED -- pope10
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March 13th 05, 01:32 PM
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How about FIXMBR as a start?
HH wrote: The Recovery CD that shipped with many units required the D:System_sav or recovery partition to be intact in order to restore the original software image on the hard drive. A full QuickRestore CD set is required if that partition is missing or damaged. Unfortunately, when Microsoft dropped support for all Win 9X versions prior to WinMe, HP/Compaq stopped offering QR sets for those. you may have to purchase a full install CD of whatever Os you want to use and install from that. HH "pope10" wrote in message news
During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about contacting compaq? Could this be true?? P.s iv'e even tried a new hardrive..Still no help..Any help would be GREATLy APPRECIATED -- pope10
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March 13th 05, 01:53 PM
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Uh, do you mean FDISK /MBR ???
HH "RWM" wrote in message ... How about FIXMBR as a start? HH wrote: The Recovery CD that shipped with many units required the D:System_sav or recovery partition to be intact in order to restore the original software image on the hard drive. A full QuickRestore CD set is required if that partition is missing or damaged. Unfortunately, when Microsoft dropped support for all Win 9X versions prior to WinMe, HP/Compaq stopped offering QR sets for those. you may have to purchase a full install CD of whatever Os you want to use and install from that. HH "pope10" wrote in message news
During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about contacting compaq? Could this be true?? P.s iv'e even tried a new hardrive..Still no help..Any help would be GREATLy APPRECIATED -- pope10
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March 13th 05, 02:45 PM
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Yep, I was thinking W2K.... from the Recovery Console = FIXMBR (or
FIXBOOT), also available in MS KB for NT4. HH wrote: Uh, do you mean FDISK /MBR ??? HH "RWM" wrote in message ... How about FIXMBR as a start? HH wrote: The Recovery CD that shipped with many units required the D:System_sav or recovery partition to be intact in order to restore the original software image on the hard drive. A full QuickRestore CD set is required if that partition is missing or damaged. Unfortunately, when Microsoft dropped support for all Win 9X versions prior to WinMe, HP/Compaq stopped offering QR sets for those. you may have to purchase a full install CD of whatever Os you want to use and install from that. HH "pope10" wrote in message news
During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about contacting compaq? Could this be true?? P.s iv'e even tried a new hardrive..Still no help..Any help would be GREATLy APPRECIATED -- pope10
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