Solved Operating System not found (NEED HELP)

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Rakoshima

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Hey everyone,

I need some serious help here. I tried to turn on my laptop today (Hp Pavilion dv9700) and i got an error on a black screen with text "Operating System not found). I have tried booting from a windows vista disk with no luck. Also tried to use system recovery which also will not work. Im not sure what to do since i cant even boot from disk. I removed the hard drive just as protection because i need the data on it, but from what i have read is that the hard drive may be the problem and is dead, but im not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hey,
I actually ended up getting it working. I first ran a hard drive scan (took about 2.5 hours) to make sure my hard drive was alright. The test checked out, so i tried the boot disk again. I did change the boot order and put the disk drive at the top of the list. I slapped in the vista recovery disk and it didnt seem to work. I was about to give up after trying for the last time to boot the disk, and i ended up letting it sit there for about 10 min, and after i gave it the time, the disk started working. then i just recovered to a previous time and it was all good and working again. Thanks for the reply. Cheers
 

My Computer

System One

Im happy that you got it sorted. Ill mark this thread as solved.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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