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Originally Posted by Link
You shouldn't need to get a new copy of Windows XP. If you actually have to reinstall, just use your Windows CD or the recovery CDs that came with your computer.
"Operating System not found" would be an error message from your BIOS, meaning it can't find the initial startup files for Windows. This could be caused by many things. Do you remember what the blue screen said? Or what you did (if anything) to initiate it?
If you have another computer on which you can burn CDs, I would recommend making a KNOPPIX CD, which is a fully functional CD version of Linux (a "Live CD"). Booting from this you can probably check that your hard drive data is intact and potentially retrieve files that you want to save. |
you can allso use a windows 2000 or windows XP cd and boot from that.
dont use it to install but choose the "Recovery console" and do a check disk from there. you can allso re write your bootsector with fixboot. if this does not help you can use the Knoppix cd, but i would use ERD Commander witch contains a lot of backup and recover tools. you can allso put the harddrive into another computer and copy every think you need to the other system. if the harddrive gives errors on that other computer, (like not formatted) you can use "file scavenger" to recover the files. contact me if you need any help with ERD Commander or file scavenger.
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