Question Operating System Not Found

[inconnaissable]

I'm not really sure what's wrong with my laptop but I just got this error saying Operating System Not Found.
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https://imgur.com/a/iEiVA9T

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It was working just fine a couple months ago. Hard drive health was at 100% last time it was booted up. Is there a chance this error could still be fixed?

 

[TerryLaze]

Go into bios and see if the disk is showing up there and make sure that the hard drive is the first boot option.
If it doesn't show in bios then it could just be that it got a bit lose and doesn't make proper connection anymore you can open the trapdoor of the laptop and make sure that there is a proper connection.

And lastly the electronics of a hard disk can fry or otherwise fail even if the platters are 100% healthy, and that is the only thing the test apps can measure, if there is any problem with reading the data or not, including disconnects and so on.

 

[COLGeek]

Go into bios and see if the disk is showing up there and make sure that the hard drive is the first boot option.
If it doesn't show in bios then it could just be that it got a bit lose and doesn't make proper connection anymore you can open the trapdoor of the laptop and make sure that there is a proper connection.

And lastly the electronics of a hard disk can fry or otherwise fail even if the platters are 100% healthy, and that is the only thing the test apps can measure, if there is any problem with reading the data or not, including disconnects and so on.

In addition to this good advice, make sure that booting from the network is not your primary boot selection in the BIOS. That is what you are seeing in the image above.

 

[inconnaissable]

Go into bios and see if the disk is showing up there and make sure that the hard drive is the first boot option.
If it doesn't show in bios then it could just be that it got a bit lose and doesn't make proper connection anymore you can open the trapdoor of the laptop and make sure that there is a proper connection.

And lastly the electronics of a hard disk can fry or otherwise fail even if the platters are 100% healthy, and that is the only thing the test apps can measure, if there is any problem with reading the data or not, including disconnects and so on.

In addition to this good advice, make sure that booting from the network is not your primary boot selection in the BIOS. That is what you are seeing in the image above.

I'm not really familiar with bios and opening it so I think I might just get it repaired. I'm worried I might make it worse.
It might be the hard drive is the problem but I'm really hoping it's not. It's a pretty old device.

Thank you so much for your advice though. I'm hoping it can be fixed with my drive and files intact. 😭

 

[COLGeek]

Sure, the HDD could have died. However, the BIOS isn't a terribly scary place. You can certainly look without changing anything and changing the boot order is rather straight forward.

Just opening the BIOS to see if the HDD is recognized and looking at the boot order carries no risk.

 

[beastmodebeats]

Just turn off PXE boot and any PXE networking options in the bios, don’t pay for any repairs, check your boot list and make sure Windows boot loader is first, and if thats not a option put your hdd or ssd first in the list, it should be in the configuration or system configuration tab of your bios

 

[Lutfij]

@beastmodebeats who said anything about paying for repairs?