Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42581 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I wiped my harddrive with darwins boot n nuke. I put in the windows installation cd. The computer says operating system not found.What do I do now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42582 Share Posted December 27, 2008 What type of PC is it (brand name, laptop, desktop etc)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42586 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Spartan laptop I dont Know what year model I bought it used Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42588 Share Posted December 27, 2008 OK, is the Windows disc you're using a standard Windows installation disc or is it some type of Spartan branded "Recovery or Restore disc"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42590 Share Posted December 27, 2008 It's a standard windows vista disk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42592 Share Posted December 27, 2008 OK, you should be able to just boot from it and it should offer the option to install. But since you wiped the drive, make sure you select the option to install, not repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42594 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Thanks I'll give it a try Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42596 Share Posted December 27, 2008 OK, if you don't have any luck let us know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosirrah Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42606 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just a note , you may either have to set optical drive as boot device #1 in your BIOS or use the F# key that open the boot menu to be able to boot from CD/DVD to begin with . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42660 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just a note , you may either have to set optical drive as boot device #1 in your BIOS or use the F# key that open the boot menu to be able to boot from CD/DVD to begin with .Wow, I'm a moron and it's been far too long. It didn't even occur to me that the OS not found error was the message from the BIOS! You'd think after all the years I spent as a tech I'd remember that one, oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42677 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Wow, I'm a moron and it's been far too long. It didn't even occur to me that the OS not found error was the message from the BIOS! You'd think after all the years I spent as a tech I'd remember that one, oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42678 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Your no moron Im the one.I still can't figure out what the os message means and what to do to fix it.You've been a big help .I really appreciate you taking your time to help me .Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChew Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42692 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Is the vista disk in the drive when you power up the laptop?Does your laptop have a COA sticker with numbers on it?Is your vista disk a factory microsoft oneI notice Spartan sells with a lot of options Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharley14 Posted December 27, 2008 Author ID:42698 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Yes disk is in drive when I boot up. I have a sticker says,''S.N. SR020010209, Model # M1472". es,it's a factory microsoft disk,put out with a dell laptop,Ijust purchased for my daughter.It has never been used.It says,reinstallation DVD Windows Vista,Home Basic 32BIT SP1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChew Posted December 27, 2008 ID:42704 Share Posted December 27, 2008 This is going to be complicated so bear with me,the dell disk is possibly not even bootable, you can test your laptop with any bootable cd or dvdSince you bought the laptop used, if it had a factory installed OS it would also have a sticker from microsoft(COA) with the OS version and numbersOtherwise you would need to contact the seller to see if they forgot to give you the software, they are obligated toIf they were illegal then you are stuck, but I would just buy a generic oem copy(legal) w numbersThere are free linux distrosanyways here a link you may need, I already lost it onceftp://download.spartanco.com/Notebooks/M1472(7521)/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosirrah Posted December 28, 2008 ID:42740 Share Posted December 28, 2008 F12 is boot menu on Dell systems . Put the install disk into your optical drive and reboot . As soon as the reboot starts tap F12 once a second . When the boot menu comes up choose optical drive or CD/DVD , it will be one or the other . The screen will clear and you will see boot from disk .... at the top of the screen , you need to hit any key before that goes away , you will have about 3 seconds to do so . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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