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Troubleshoot Operating system not found error appeared while trying to start Windows XP system
Windows OS is considered as one of the most reliable operating systems offering the features of superb performance, user friendly interface, and multitasking as well as enhanced security functionalities that collectively help users to have a good time. Despite of its improved features, you may face certain problems while working on windows based system and as a result, the system becomes unbootable leading to errors like Operating system not found and complete data inaccessibility. In such situation the best would be to format the hard disk and then use Stellar Phoenix windows data recovery.
Let’s consider a situation where you are trying to start Windows XP based system but instead of you encounter the following error message:
"Operating system not found."
Or
"Missing Operating System"
After this if you try to start the Windows system using Recovery Console, another error message pops up similar to this:
“Setup did not find any hard drives installed on your computer.”
Cause:
The reasons responsible behind the occurrence of xp operating system not found error are:
- Because of incorrect BIOS configuration due to which it is unable to detect the hard disk
- Due to damaged hard disk or MBR (Master Boot Record)
- When an incompatible partition is active or a partition containing MBR is not active
Solution:
Here are some resolutions that will help you to fix operating system not found error:
- Check the BIOS settings so that it detects the system’s hard disk and then restart the PC to see the changes
- The next step is to type ‘fixmbr’ command in the windows recovery console in order to repair the MBR of startup partition. But this command should be run carefully as it can corrupt the partition table in case of virus or hardware issues.
But even after following the above solutions, the missing operating system error remains then the best would be to format the hard disk after which use stellar phoenix windows data recovery software to completely recover the entire data lost after formatting.