Vista - ReadyDrive "Missing operating system" error

Hi all!

I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find an
answer.

My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I can't
boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.

I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair Flash
Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).

I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...

I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty annoying :-)

Best regards

Rasmus

I don't think you can use a USB-pen drive to make your make your standard
HDD look like a Hybrid HDD as described below.

"
Windows ReadyDrive is a new feature in Windows Vista that enables PCs
equipped with a hybrid hard disk—a new kind of hard disk that adds flash
memory to a standard mobile PC hard disk drive—to enjoy better performance,
greater reliability, and longer battery life.

"Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find an
> answer.
>
> My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I can't
> boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
> operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
>
> I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair Flash
> Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
>
> I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
> configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
>
> I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty annoying
> :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Rasmus

Try different USB ports. Sometimes a native USB port, directly from the M/B
(rear connectors) will work correctly. A port on an add-in card may cause
this, as may a front panel port.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find an
> answer.
>
> My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I can't
> boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
> operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
>
> I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair Flash
> Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
>
> I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
> configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
>
> I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty annoying
> :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Rasmus

Sorry I meant ReadyBoot not drive... :-)

And I have tried different usb ports, that makes no difference...

But please keep coming with suggestions, I'm all out of ideas...

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Try different USB ports. Sometimes a native USB port, directly from the M/B
> (rear connectors) will work correctly. A port on an add-in card may cause
> this, as may a front panel port.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find an
> > answer.
> >
> > My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I can't
> > boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
> > operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
> >
> > I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair Flash
> > Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
> >
> > I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
> > configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
> >
> > I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty annoying
> > :-)
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Rasmus
>
>

You may have to play around with your advanced bios settings. My main
computer has a setting called "boot from other devices". If I enable this I
get the same message you see, but only from certain ports - not all of them.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC2C2848-7B7F-4041-AEE4-3BC287AC658E@microsoft.com...
> Sorry I meant ReadyBoot not drive... :-)
>
> And I have tried different usb ports, that makes no difference...
>
> But please keep coming with suggestions, I'm all out of ideas...
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Try different USB ports. Sometimes a native USB port, directly from the
>> M/B
>> (rear connectors) will work correctly. A port on an add-in card may cause
>> this, as may a front panel port.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> > I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find
>> > an
>> > answer.
>> >
>> > My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I
>> > can't
>> > boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
>> > operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
>> >
>> > I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair
>> > Flash
>> > Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
>> >
>> > I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
>> > configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
>> >
>> > I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty
>> > annoying
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Rasmus
>>
>>

In your BIOS, you may have an option to boot from USB (or other
device/removable device). You may need to disable that. It allows you to
install an OS on a USB stick and boot from that. It sounds like that is what
it happening, it's trying to boot from the USB stick, rather than the hard
drive.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find an
> answer.
>
> My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I can't
> boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
> operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
>
> I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair Flash
> Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
>
> I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
> configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
>
> I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty annoying
> :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Rasmus

Here is a reference I could find and which points out that your USB flash
drive has to be configured for Ready Boost in order for Ready Boot to be
activated.

If your flash drive is not fast enough you will not be able to configure it
for Ready Boost.

The alert you are getting occurs when the device you have configured in your
BIOS to be the boot device does not have an operating system installed on
it.

"Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC2C2848-7B7F-4041-AEE4-3BC287AC658E@microsoft.com...
> Sorry I meant ReadyBoot not drive... :-)
>
> And I have tried different usb ports, that makes no difference...
>
> But please keep coming with suggestions, I'm all out of ideas...
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Try different USB ports. Sometimes a native USB port, directly from the
>> M/B
>> (rear connectors) will work correctly. A port on an add-in card may cause
>> this, as may a front panel port.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rasmus1981" <Rasmus1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C47C49CA-E412-4077-95A9-FCD7EB00E3A6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> > I really hope you can help me, been searching everywhere but can't find
>> > an
>> > answer.
>> >
>> > My problem is that when I use an USB-pen dirve in ReadyDrive mode I
>> > can't
>> > boot my computer. When I do so, I get a black screen saying "Missing
>> > operating system" right before it is about to launch Vista.
>> >
>> > I use Vista Home Premiun 64bit on an Athlon 64 2800+, with a Corsair
>> > Flash
>> > Voyager GT pen-drive (4gb).
>> >
>> > I hvae tried turning everything off except the my harddrive i the boot
>> > configuration in the bios, but that didn't help...
>> >
>> > I really hope someone can help me, because this is getting pretty
>> > annoying
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Rasmus
>>
>>

yeap, it´s some setting in the BIOS, and also if you have a RAID configuration
can you tell us your BIOS manuafacturer and version?