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

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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"MC360" <markymark77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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.
>

Floppy left in the drive perhaps?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> 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] rgharper@gmail.com
> * 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" <markymark77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1177914173.151372.102130@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>> 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.
>>
>
>

Possible. ;-)

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"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Floppy left in the drive perhaps?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:e6hzqfwiHHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * 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" <markymark77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1177914173.151372.102130@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>>
>