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oh dear - 5/20/2004 3:02:38 AM

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hi. have a toshiba satellite installed with windows xp. it's about two years old. today it shut itself off, and when i went to turn it back on it gave me the ominous 'operating system not found' message. i tried to run my recovery disc, but it won't even get past the first one before it shuts itself down again. i am able to get into the setup as well. i really could use some help and would seriously appreciate it. thanks a bunch.

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RE: oh dear - 5/20/2004 5:17:23 AM

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Did you have an unexpexted but normal shutdown ("Windows is shuting down .. etc) or it suddenly turned off, just like when you cut the power off?

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RE: oh dear - 5/20/2004 12:44:21 PM

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it just suddenly turned off. no warning or anything.

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RE: oh dear - 5/20/2004 3:43:11 PM

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Have you got a Virus Program installed and has it been kept up to date with Upgrades ?

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RE: oh dear - 5/20/2004 11:36:17 PM

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yes on both accounts.

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RE: oh dear - 5/20/2004 11:46:43 PM

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Well now we have cleared that up how old is the Battery and has it been fully charged and has it been holding it's power for a reasonable time and have you got access to try another Battery !!!

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RE: oh dear - 5/21/2004 4:54:04 AM

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Sorry but I think it is a hardware failure. Are your hard disks recognized in the bios console?

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RE: oh dear - 5/21/2004 10:16:18 PM

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my batteries were fully charged when it shut down and i was actually using the wall adapter as the power source.

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RE: oh dear - 5/21/2004 10:19:26 PM

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yes. it recognizes the hard disk in the bios console. and you're not the first person to suggest the hardware failure.

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RE: oh dear - 7/6/2004 9:54:02 PM

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I had the same exact thing happen to me. The first thing i would reccomend is running scandisk. if that doesnt work then you should us the ms-dos command prompt (copy [full path of file]) to back up the things you might need to floppy. Then format using the u switch ( format c: /u ) that will erase all sytem files and everything. Then re-install windows. I did this and then windows would not boot. I ran scan disk and it found problems with both my allocation tables and bad clusters, but scandisk did fix all of these errors. Hope this helps!

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