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    acer aspire laptop startup problem

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by stevenmci46, Nov 23, 2009.

  1. stevenmci46

    stevenmci46 Newbie

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    I have an Acer aspire 5920g laptop that wont start. It says the operating software cannot be found! Does anyone know why this would be? How do I reboot it to last good configuration?
     
    stevenmci46, Nov 23, 2009
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  2. mankrik

    mankrik Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is not finding the master boot record of your hard drive. Or the hard drive is not even being detected. Check the BIOS when you first turn on the computer for Primary Master and see if it's listed next to it. If it is, then you need to run 'fixmbr' from the Recovery Console. Google search for it and that may get ya fixed up.
     
    mankrik, Nov 24, 2009
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    mooler Notebook Consultant

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    my girlfriend had this problem on an old Dell. What i did was use the recovery console, chkdsk, fixboot and fixmbr. after that all was well.
     
    mooler, Nov 25, 2009
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