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Jonny Jay  Outlier Moderator  5990 Posts 8/09 |  Posted - May 30 2010 : 12:26PMSpilt a drink over my laptop which made it shut down, since have dried it out but saying operating system cannot be found on start up, any suggestions? [Link] |
| HeyNow Oblivious Gold Star Hey! 5965 Posts 1/03 | Posted - May 30 2010 : 12:53PM ...but I'm sure you'll get some help from one of our gurus. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - May 30 2010 : 1:40PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - May 30 2010 : 1:47PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - May 30 2010 : 2:32PM [Link] |
| Jonny Jay Outlier Moderator 5990 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Jun 1 2010 : 3:50AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jun 1 2010 : 8:37AM If you have any doubts at all as to your ability to do this, you should probably take it to the shop. But it may be a lost cause. You may well have fried something important. What kind of laptop is it? You should try and find instructions for disassembling it online before you do anything. I'm pretty sure laptops use different hard drives than desktops. Edited by - randomprecision on 6/1/2010 8:41:37 AM [Link] |
| Jonny Jay Outlier Moderator 5990 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Jun 1 2010 : 3:46PM [Link] |
| jrsl76 Senior Member Perfection 4024 Posts 8/07 | Posted - Jun 2 2010 : 10:57PM [Link] |
| BadKarma Member 110 Posts 11/00 | Posted - Jun 3 2010 : 1:21AM I'm also assuming this laptop has as cd/dvd reader/writer and/or floppy disc of some persuasion. If you have any other boot media (cd/dvd/floppy?) try to boot from that if you can. If you don't have any boot media but have access to another PC with a DVD burner you can download a Linux boot image and burn it to a DVD and try to boot that. (I recommend Knoppix). http://www.knoppix.com/ You can run Linux from the dvd and it will not touch/modify your harddrive in any way. If you can boot the Knoppix DVD then you can use Linux to diagnose your hardware. "lspci" will give a list of all the PCI devices on the PCI bus, including the disk controller, if its still working. This will tell you whether its the drive controller or the actual disk drive that's walked the plank. I know this sounds like a "lot of work", but you windup with an emergency boot dvd which will allow you to troubleshoot any future hardware issues. DISCLAIMER: I know the Windoz fan boyz hate Linux and turn their noses up at the mere mention of it. BUT a Linux boot DVD will save your ass in some situations, its easy enough to learn the few commands necessary to check hardware, and its FREE Hope this helps -- and don't drink anything near an open laptop! Edited by - badkarma on 6/3/2010 1:23:09 AM Edited by - badkarma on 6/3/2010 1:24:00 AM [Link] |
| Jonny Jay Outlier Moderator 5990 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Jun 3 2010 : 1:40AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jun 3 2010 : 7:52PM People who like Windows like it because it's easy to use, widely supported and they're accustomed to the way things work on an MS system. Linux is anything but friendly. The learning curve can be steep depending on what you want to do with it. The best things about it are that it's free and you can use it without installing it. [Link] |
| BadKarma Member 110 Posts 11/00 | Posted - Jun 4 2010 : 3:05AM I haven't used a Windows system in years, so I have no opinion on it's ease of use. I do admit that I'm no fan of Microsoft as a company -- or producer of quality (read "bug free") software.Unfortunately I think this is a impression given off by some people claiming to be Linux "experts" who are actually not that knowledgeable. Since they don't know how to answer your questions they imply that its you who's at fault. The only thing to do is try to find a more "newbie" friendly forum to post your questions. As for Ubuntu, its okay, but a tad bloated for a rescue DVD. There are much smaller distributions which will fit on a CD and will allow troubleshooting and repair without all the detritus of a full Linux distribution. "distrowatch.com" is your friend here. Regards. [Link] |
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