sony vaio pcg-z1rmp problem!

[jerry67]

after starting my laptop, it made a strange sound at the left....the system does not start at all, on the screen it says "Operating System not found".....can somebody tell me what this means?:smileycry:

[tonybeard]

Well I'm no expert but from what you described it sounds like the reader on your hard drive has physically broken. The same thing happened to my Toshiba Tecra when I bumped it off the end of the bed and it tumbled to the floor crashing with a sound simular to a shopping cart walloping a wall. Sorry matey.
Try the following however: Grab a copy of Windows XP if you can find it (I don't think the Vaio recovery will work but try it) and put it in the F drive cd reader. You should get at least the c: prompt. after the c prompt type scandisk all.
if it still finds no physical disks try fdisk all
if that doesn't work well it needs to be replaced or reconnected properly. Good luck and I hope it is just a warranty problem

[William]

Hi Jerry,

not trying to compound the misery but it does indeed sound like your hard disk has died.

William

[jerry67]

so this means.....i got to replace it?...after trying the recovery disk it says....no connection with hard drive!....

[William]

From what you describe it does mean you will need to install a new hard drive and reinstall from your recovery media.

You have not mentioned if it is under warranty?

William

[kee-lo_]

I have to agree with William, it will need replacing.

If your warranty is over consider looking through the Yellow Pages.