Guest fixacr Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now?
Guest Bob I Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: XP You either purchase a Windows operating system and install it or you may learn Linux, as it is free for the download. fixacr wrote: > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now?
Guest tcm1313@gmail.com Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: XP On Aug 9, 8:36 pm, fixacr <fix...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? If you have your original XP disk, do a repair installation. Boot with the disk in the cd drive when asked to install Windows answer yes by clicking enter, if your old installation is able to be saved you will then be given the choice of clean installation or a repair installation by clicking "R".
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: XP On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:36:00 -0700, fixacr <fixacr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? Did the barebones system come with a hard drive? You are probably trying to boot from it, and there is no operating system on it. If you are sure that the system is set to boot from the old hard drive, you say it was tested and is good, but that doesn't mean the operating system is intact. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest fixacr Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: XP The computer that I am replacing had XP installed when I bought it but did not come with a Windows XP disc. Would one of the third party repair discs be of any use? "tcm1313@gmail.com" wrote: > On Aug 9, 8:36 pm, fixacr <fix...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? > > If you have your original XP disk, do a repair installation. Boot with > the disk in the cd drive when asked to install Windows answer yes by > clicking enter, if your old installation is able to be saved you will > then be given the choice of clean installation or a repair > installation by clicking "R". > >
Guest Bob I Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: XP The issue is that you don't have a licenced copy of Windows XP to use. You need to buy one. fixacr wrote: > The computer that I am replacing had XP installed when I bought it but did > not come with a Windows XP disc. Would one of the third party repair discs be > of any use? > > "tcm1313@gmail.com" wrote: > > >>On Aug 9, 8:36 pm, fixacr <fix...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>>I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged >>>computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating >>>system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? >> >>If you have your original XP disk, do a repair installation. Boot with >>the disk in the cd drive when asked to install Windows answer yes by >>clicking enter, if your old installation is able to be saved you will >>then be given the choice of clean installation or a repair >>installation by clicking "R". >> >>
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP fixacr wrote: > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? Are you absolutely certain that the old hard drive was not damaged by the lightning strike, as well? If so: Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least: How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341 Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group. As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP fixacr wrote: > The computer that I am replacing had XP installed when I bought it but did > not come with a Windows XP disc. Then, by your own admission, you have an OEM license for WinXP that came with the HP. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_ circumstances. You'll have to purchase a WinXP license to go with the new computer. > Would one of the third party repair discs be > of any use? > Not in your case, no. You'll have to purchase a completely new (unbranded) license and perform a repair installation. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP fixacr <fixacr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged >computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating >system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? Buy a copy of Windows XP. Where do I send you the bill for my consulting fee?
Guest Vista Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP Bruce Chambers wrote: > fixacr wrote: >> The computer that I am replacing had XP installed when I bought it but >> did not come with a Windows XP disc. > > > Then, by your own admission, you have an OEM license for WinXP that > came with the HP. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware > (normally a motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is > _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM > license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another computer > under _any_ circumstances. legally according to Microsoft! > You'll have to purchase a WinXP license to go with the new computer. Or he could use the copy he has already bought! Vi
Guest Vista Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP fixacr wrote: > I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged > computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating > system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? Use you Windows disk (from the old PC) and do a repair. This will fix the master boot problem as well as installing the correct drivers for this new system. Vi
Guest Vista Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: XP Uncle Grumpy wrote: > fixacr <fixacr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning damaged >> computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message "no operating >> system found". The hard drive has been tested and is good. What do I do now? > > Buy a copy of Windows XP. > > Where do I send you the bill for my consulting fee? Dick.
Guest Bob I Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP Vista wrote: > Bruce Chambers wrote: > >> fixacr wrote: >> >>> The computer that I am replacing had XP installed when I bought it >>> but did not come with a Windows XP disc. >> >> >> >> Then, by your own admission, you have an OEM license for WinXP >> that came with the HP. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of >> hardware (normally a motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) >> and is _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed. >> An OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another >> computer under _any_ circumstances. > > > legally according to Microsoft! > >> You'll have to purchase a WinXP license to go with the new computer. > > > Or he could use the copy he has already bought! > > > Vi He never bought one.
Guest Bob I Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP Vista wrote: > fixacr wrote: > >> I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning >> damaged computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the message >> "no operating system found". The hard drive has been tested and is >> good. What do I do now? > > > > Use you Windows disk (from the old PC) and do a repair. This will fix > the master boot problem as well as installing the correct drivers for > this new system. > > Vi He doesn't have one.
Guest Bob I Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP Vista wrote: > Uncle Grumpy wrote: > >> fixacr <fixacr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> I recently purchased a barebones system to replace my lightning >>> damaged computer. With the old hard drive installed, I get the >>> message "no operating system found". The hard drive has been tested >>> and is good. What do I do now? >> >> >> Buy a copy of Windows XP. >> >> Where do I send you the bill for my consulting fee? > > > Dick. Jane.
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