dead HDD or M/B ?

September 21st, 2000, 09:05 AM

I got a Canon Innova Laptop that wont boot. The bios recognizes the HDD but upon bootup it comes "no operating system found".
Using a boot disk, it will still not boot.
Using a Partition Magic boot disk, it starts the program, then stalls just before it shows the details.
So, is this a dead hard drive or could it be the motherboard??

gnslngr · October 6th, 2000, 12:20 AM

Have you tried booting to a boot disk with the HDD out of the system?
If it boots ok that way, then you have the answer...Bad HDD. If it won't, the it's time for a M/B.

ledrichard · October 6th, 2000, 02:03 PM

actually before you replace the MB, you might want to reseat the mem first and try again.

Make sure all the screws are tight as well.

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October 7th, 2000, 10:42 PM

Reseat the RAM and the processor, but it sounds like MoBo to me....Also, remove any Peripheals or PCMIA cards before you boot.

September 21st, 2000, 09:05 AM	#1
cb Guest Posts: n/a	dead HDD or M/B ? I got a Canon Innova Laptop that wont boot. The bios recognizes the HDD but upon bootup it comes "no operating system found". Using a boot disk, it will still not boot. Using a Partition Magic boot disk, it starts the program, then stalls just before it shows the details. So, is this a dead hard drive or could it be the motherboard??

October 6th, 2000, 02:03 PM	#3
ledrichard Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 264	actually before you replace the MB, you might want to reseat the mem first and try again. Make sure all the screws are tight as well. ------------------ hey its me again! __________________ hey its me again!

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October 6th, 2000, 12:20 AM	#2
gnslngr Registered User Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: dallas,tx 75228 Posts: 69	Have you tried booting to a boot disk with the HDD out of the system? If it boots ok that way, then you have the answer...Bad HDD. If it won't, the it's time for a M/B.

October 7th, 2000, 10:42 PM	#4
Jallentino Guest Posts: n/a	Reseat the RAM and the processor, but it sounds like MoBo to me....Also, remove any Peripheals or PCMIA cards before you boot.