no operating system found

[[email protected]]

tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up
getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't
do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down.
when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i
was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and
when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm
lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me
was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be
appreciated, thanks

[Noel Paton]

Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!!

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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" > wrote in
message ...
> tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up
> getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't
> do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down.
> when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i
> was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot and
> when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm
> lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me
> was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be
> appreciated, thanks
>

[[email protected]]

it's a compaq 1700 laptop.....
>-----Original Message-----
>Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!!
>
>--
>Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
>Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
>Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
>
"
> wrote in
>message ...
>> tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up
>> getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't
>> do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down.
>> when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i
>> was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot
and
>> when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm
>> lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me
>> was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be
>> appreciated, thanks
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Noel Paton]

From what little I can find this seems as if it may be related to using the
restore facility while running an AV (either a software AV, like Norton, or
the BIOS AV) -
"ERROR #29 CANNOT LOCK A LOCKED DRIVE"

You need to repeat the factory restore, starting with a floppy boot - unless
the restore disk is bootable??

Try contacting either Compaq direct, or looking in their support site (now
part of HP's support) -
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_lang=en&h_cc=us&cc=us&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_pagetype=prodhomes&h_query=compaq+1700&submit.x=11&submit.y=4


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

" > wrote in
message ...
> it's a compaq 1700 laptop.....
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Telling us the manufacturer would be a good start!!
> >
> >--
> >Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> >Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
> >
> >Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
> >
> "
> > wrote in
> >message ...
> >> tried to do a factory restore on my laptop and ended up
> >> getting a message that said error #29 . then i couldn't
> >> do anything, i had to manually shut the computer down.
> >> when i turned it back on the disk drive popped open .i
> >> was told to remove the disk and press enter to reboot
> and
> >> when i did i got " no operating system found ". i'm
> >> lost.i can't do anything with the computer. windows Me
> >> was preinstalled on my computer....any help would be
> >> appreciated, thanks
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >