Operation System Not Found

[FAZANA]

I tried to format my hard drive to install new copy of windows but while formating the hard i had an error which i could not even read due to a system restart. when the laptop attempted to boot i got a message "Operation system not found" and also "Media test failure, check cable". I checked the boot order in bios and everything seems to be fine, also i checked to see if the bios recognizes the hard drive(since at first thought it was burned) but it seem that it recognizes it... Don`t know what to do! Only think i can think of is to buy a new hard. If anyone has an idea please respond either to this post here or email me (email removed)

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[Gandalf]

What is the boot order in your BIOS?

 

[das_stig]

Boot Order - CD, HDD, USB

Media Test Failure - Trying to boot from network as it cant see a bootable CD or HDD, normal just ignore it.

Download manufacturers diagnostic software, normally free, but sounds like the hdd just borked and died.

 

[Gandalf]

You said you tried to format the drive to install Windows.
If you boot up with the Microsoft Installation CD/DVD, you can partition/format the HDD as part of the installation process.

 

[FAZANA]

Well i got the problem. The thing was that there was a error when formating and the error caused the computer to reboot auto, therefore i did not see it, then the disk was not formated but it did not have info at the same time, so i put the disk in a old laptop i happened to have that supports 2 HD and i did NTFS from there which after all fixed my problem.

 

[saran008]

Happy to see your system working fine & your Problems solved
You are always welcome to this forum with any kind of system problems!
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