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    Operating System Not Found Please Help

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by FaceVex, Aug 31, 2009.

  1. FaceVex

    FaceVex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello once again..

    After flashing my BIOS, I restarted and it hangs for a while, gives error, "Missing OS", then kicks out Boot Agent info and says "Operating System not found".

    I no longer have recovery options so I can not factory re-image.. Is the only way around this to reinstall the OS and all the drivers? If I do that, I will also lose the Factory Re-image option?
     
    FaceVex, Aug 31, 2009
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  2. airplaneman

    airplaneman Notebook Deity

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    You have to go to the Sata configuration or whatever in the BIOS and change it to RAID, then enable both drives. Same thing happened to me and I damn near sh*t myself.
     
    airplaneman, Aug 31, 2009
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  3. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Flashing your bios resets it back to default settings. You need to re-setup your raid in the bios to get your OS back.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 31, 2009
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  4. FaceVex

    FaceVex Notebook Enthusiast

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    OMG you guys rock.. thanks for saving this newb to all of this. I had a heart attack there.. I should have realized it was that easy. I'm sorry for the post. I've read countless times that I have to enable raid after flashing, however, I didnt realize nothing would work and the error scared the out of me lol
     
    FaceVex, Aug 31, 2009
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  5. Darkhan

    Darkhan Notebook Deity

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    Deja-Vu!!.
     
    Darkhan, Aug 31, 2009
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    to many times :(
     
    The_Moo™, Sep 1, 2009
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