Operating system not found ??

[shadeyB]

hey guys n gals
pls advise
my Vaio NS seems to have given up on me ? was running back up then carried on about the house doing stuff when i got back to it the screen wouldn't go back on ? sounded like the HD was clicking tic.tic.toc ????? had to force shut down as system not responding ?
when i started it back up got a message saying (Operating system not found)
force shut down
try'd Repair windows with my disc ? didn't work ??
then try'd to recover vista with disc and still didn't work ?
try'd running Diag CD on HD / stuck on "finding Drivers" ??

no luck
Any help or advice much appreciated
Barry

just over 1yr old Oct 4th last yr

 

[Shadowjk]

You may have a Failed HDD... Have you checked the HDD For any Bad sectors?

Also do you have an Installation disk?

Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[shadeyB]

thanks Josh
i'm thinkin thats what it may be ( Strange ticking noise )
i dont have inatalation disc as i came pre-installed only the disc's i made
how do i check the sectors as it wont open up the system ?
i try'd to diagnose the HD with a disc ( think it was SEAGATE DIAG CD) but wont seem to do much either ??
can i still get into BIOS Options ??
sorry for all the questions , i'm at work just now and gonna try again later

thanks
Barry

 

[Shadowjk]

Okay Firstly you should be Able to access the BIOS

WHen you have a chance could you take out the HDD and Place it inside of a Caddy (Do you have one??) If Not then you may need to buy one

A Caddy turns an Internal HDD Into a External HDD

Also you will need another Computer for this

Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[shadeyB]

hey
got into BIOS and tried to optimise defaults and re-boot but still the same ??
not to sure what to do in Bios other than that ! cant get into advanced boot options ??
Dont have a Caddy either but will as i need stuff of the HDD if it has failed

not sure what else i can try ??



any links to suitable NEW HDD ? seen a couple but £429 is not far from what i paid for my dead vaio and aint looking at paying that for a new HDD

 

[Shadowjk]

There may Be One Chance before buying a new HDD

Could you Follow these Steps http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html?ltr=C

After you Have made a Recovery Disk Boot into it and enter your Details After that in the bottom Left hand Corner it should say "Repair My Computer" Click that

After that Click Startup Repair and test it If that doesn't work then Please open Up Command Prompt ,Using the Disk, and type the following:

BootRec.exe /fixmbr

Then Press Enter After that type this:

BootRec.exe /FixBoot

And Press Enter then Test it

Hope This Helps,
Josh

 

[niemiro]

any links to suitable NEW HDD ? seen a couple but £429 is not far from what i paid for my dead vaio and aint looking at paying that for a new HDD

I don't quite know where you saw that, but that sure ain't the price to pay! For a normal hard disk drive, about £70. Obviously, a laptop hard disk will be slightly more.

I will have a look for you now, but don't buy one quite yet.

Richard

 

[niemiro]

Just in case we need it for later, what model number is your Sony Vaio NS...?

How big would you think this hard disk would be? We can discuss this, but how big was your current one, and was that too small? Up to a point, hard disk prices are almost exactly the same, and then the price rises. We would find you the biggest, cheap hard disk, unless you need more space.

Richard

 

[niemiro]

We need to discuss this more, but I am looking at suitable hard disks at about £50. BTW, how much do you use this laptop? 1 year is quite a short hard disk lifespan.

 

[Shadowjk]

If you would like a New HDD Then Niemiro is your Guy to talk to If you give him a Price tag and a Size (Within Reason) I am pretty sure he will find one for you

I will carry on trying to find your OS for you until I am Stumped

Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[shadeyB]

great posts and reply's guys

thanks Richard ma HDD current is 250GB and pretty much 8/10th used would like 500GB Under £100 hoping thats not cheeky LOL
one i saw that was expensive was on crucial !! sorry crucial but didn't spend much time surfing and not having a stab at you

Josh thanks dude
my current install is pre bought install OEM copy i believe ????
no disc's came with it, i made Vista recovery dis's x2 when i first hooked it up, which i have try'd booting from ;
option1 Repair Vista loads up drivers then moves onto the Windows screen with the Bar and lights moving along from left to right as it usually does before it goes to logon screen but .... wont go any further ...???
option 2 oopen recovery centre also the same as above ...?onto the windows screen then no further ...?? im Stumped
SO THE CD'S I HAVE ARE NO GOOD THEN ??
will try the suggested create recovery disc from download and burn ISO file to DVD then try to boot into and repair from there ?? good luck to me !!!!!

 

[shadeyB]

Just in case we need it for later, what model number is your Sony Vaio NS...?

Richard

its VGN-NS10L

should i replace the HDD in the near future which i probably will needc to !! does that mean i now need to buy a new OS CD or is it possible to re-install from the recovery CD's i created ??
without sending it off to a hardware specialist to then give to a software specialist and BLAH de BLAH blah

 

[niemiro]

Just in case we need it for later, what model number is your Sony Vaio NS...?

Richard

its VGN-NS10L

should i replace the HDD in the near future which i probably will needc to !! does that mean i now need to buy a new OS CD or is it possible to re-install from the recovery CD's i created ??
without sending it off to a hardware specialist to then give to a software specialist and BLAH de BLAH blah

500GB: We may be able to get a good one for under £60, but no definitive promises yet. 500GB is a good size. It is the largest cheap hard disk drive.

However, we do need to get this recovery CD issue sorted out first!

 

[shadeyB]

hey guys thanks for your time
i DL my first torrent & try'd to burn Recovery disc with IMGBURN and came up with this problem ?
what am i doing wrong ?

i used a DVD ?? chould it have been a CD??

 

[shadeyB]

BootRec.exe /fixmbr

Then Press Enter After that type this:

BootRec.exe /FixBoot

And Press Enter then Test it

Hope This Helps,
Josh

got into it with the disc thanks :D and for some reason the clicking noise has also stopped
MBR code / completed ...but FixBoot code ?? hmmm nothing happened ?? /Exit
i aint to tech savy
in CommandPrompt how exactly do i test it ??

got into Vaio recovery centre and running hardware test just now
CPU test / fine
Memory test / fine
HDD test !! Drive 0 / Linear Seek Test Failed ---(E-HDD-001)

attempting to verify and Repair
ran for 3hrs with no outcome

thanks

 

[Shadowjk]

When I mean test I mean attempting to Boot into the Operating System

I think that your HDD Is Now Gone officially Sorry I couldn't fix it Hardware is the One thing that No one can Fix/Repair

Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[shadeyB]

Yeah i thought so

thanks for the help Josh
got into Vaio diagnostics and ran the tests whish showed i now have a SOFT/DD lol
used the fix and repair option and it did say it found a problem and fixed it also but with no luck off getting into the OS ??

yeah it looks like its gotta be a new HDD after 1 yr (TOSHIBA HDD)

NIEMIRO with a new replacement HDD does that now mean i need to buy a new OS also ??

 

[richc46]

How did you get your OS?
Did it come preinstalled?
Did you buy DVD's

If it came preinstalled you need a DVD to put it on the new hard drive.
If you bought the OS, you have the DVD that you can use to install.

Niemiro will give you any more details. that are needed.

 

[shadeyB]

Hi Richard thanks
it came pre-installed and I made the recovery discs at first boot

i thought i might have to buy new one for install,
although i feel litte bit robbed that as the HDD has failed on a pre-installed PC i now need to buy a new OS also ?? is there no way off getting around this

thanks
Barry

any chance off posting me some links to reasonably priced, good compatible HDD