operating systems not found
To resolve this issue,
use one of the following methods, depending on your situation.
Contact your hardware manufacturer
Your best bet may be to
contact the manufacturer of your computer or your hard disk.
The manufacturer may
have a utility that you can use to perform a more detailed scan for damaged
areas of the disk and help verify the correct BIOS settings.
However, be aware that
the damage to your hard disk may be serious. Sometimes this means that your
only solution is to replace your hard disk.
If a fix or workaround is not available, you can use the "Advanced
Troubleshooting" section to try to resolve this issue.
Advanced troubleshooting
This section is intended
for advanced computer users.
If you are not comfortable
with advanced troubleshooting, you might want to ask someone for help or
contact support.
For information about
how to contact Microsoft support, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/
(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/)
Method 1: Verify the BIOS settings
Verify the computer's
BIOS settings to make sure that BIOS lists and recognizes the hard disk. See
the computer documentation or contact the hardware manufacturer for information
about how to verify the BIOS settings.
After you verify that the computer's BIOS detects the hard disk, restart the
computer, and then test to determine whether the issue is resolved.
If the issue is not
resolved, or if the computer's BIOS cannot detect the hard disk, you may have
issues with your hardware.
Contact the hardware
manufacturer to inquire about how to resolve this issue. You may have to
replace the hard disk.
For information about how to contact hardware manufacturers, click the
appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/
)
Hardware and software
vendor contact information, A-K
60781
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/
)
Hardware and software
vendor contact information, L-P
60782
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/
)
Hardware and software
vendor contact information, Q-Z
Method 2: Use Recovery Console
Use the
fixmbr
command in the Windows XP Recovery Console to repair the MBR of the startup
partition.
Warning This command can damage
your partition table if a virus is present or if a hardware problem exists.
If you use this command,
you may create inaccessible partitions.
We recommend that you
run antivirus software before you use this command.
We also recommend that
you backup your data before you use this command.
If the
fixmbr
command detects an invalid or non-standard partition table signature, the
fixmbr
command prompts you for permission before rewriting the MBR.
The
fixmbr
command is supported only on x86-based computers.
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