missing operating system

MadPhinFan · 03-22-2009, 06:43 PM

I replaced my acer ( vista ) 160 gb 5400 rpm hardrive with a seagate 320 gb 7200 rpm hd. But now I get a ( missing operating system ) message. How do I get around this problem and get my notebook up and running again ?

**raptor_pa** · 03-22-2009, 07:06 PM

Did you install the OS on the new HD? Hard Drives ship blank so you need to install the OS on teh new drive...

MadPhinFan · 03-22-2009, 08:39 PM

notebook powers down when loading 1st recovery disc, having no luck solving

**raptor_pa** · 03-22-2009, 08:54 PM

Any message with the power down? Is it a point where the machine has to restart perhaps?

MadPhinFan · 03-22-2009, 09:32 PM

not that I can see, it powers down about an hour into the 1st recovery disc.

MadPhinFan · 03-22-2009, 09:37 PM

pxe-e61 : media test failure , check cable. pxe-mof : exiting pxe rom. bootmgr is missing, press ctrl+alt+del to start. Is what I see now

**raptor_pa** · 03-23-2009, 05:14 AM

OK so it's not finding the vista boot manager, the pxe error is from it trying to locate an OS on a network boot server. Now to figure out why it restarts.

03-22-2009, 06:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
MadPhinFan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista	missing operating system I replaced my acer ( vista ) 160 gb 5400 rpm hardrive with a seagate 320 gb 7200 rpm hd. But now I get a ( missing operating system ) message. How do I get around this problem and get my notebook up and running again ?

03-22-2009, 07:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,853 OS: XP	Re: missing operating system Did you install the OS on the new HD? Hard Drives ship blank so you need to install the OS on teh new drive... __________________

03-22-2009, 08:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
MadPhinFan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista	Re: missing operating system notebook powers down when loading 1st recovery disc, having no luck solving

03-22-2009, 08:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,853 OS: XP	Re: missing operating system Any message with the power down? Is it a point where the machine has to restart perhaps? __________________

03-22-2009, 09:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
MadPhinFan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista	Re: missing operating system not that I can see, it powers down about an hour into the 1st recovery disc.

03-22-2009, 09:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
MadPhinFan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista	Re: missing operating system pxe-e61 : media test failure , check cable. pxe-mof : exiting pxe rom. bootmgr is missing, press ctrl+alt+del to start. Is what I see now

03-23-2009, 05:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,853 OS: XP	Re: missing operating system OK so it's not finding the vista boot manager, the pxe error is from it trying to locate an OS on a network boot server. Now to figure out why it restarts. __________________