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GodPandaman Posts 3 Registration date Sunday July 1, 2012 Status Member Last seen July 1, 2012 - Jul 1, 2012 at 03:32 PM
GodPandaman Posts 3 Registration date Sunday July 1, 2012 Status Member Last seen July 1, 2012 - Jul 1, 2012 at 06:49 PM
Hello,

I am using an Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop running BIOS version 2.6.3 and I accidentally reset the bios to the setup defaults. Now whenever I boot up the computer, It states that I have a missing operating system. How do I configure it to load my OS?

Thank you for the help,
Ian
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Jul 1, 2012 at 04:41 PM
You will need to set the boot device to use the C drive (which should be the default).
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GodPandaman Posts 3 Registration date Sunday July 1, 2012 Status Member Last seen July 1, 2012
Jul 1, 2012 at 04:45 PM
I already have BIOS set to load Hard Drive first, how do I set it to use the C drive?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Jul 1, 2012 at 05:16 PM
In this case you only have one drive the C drive.
What did you do to the BIOS? Normally Dell does not offer many options in their BIOS. The defaults should work just fine. But, since it doesn't I suspect a disconnected or fail hard drive. Is the hard drive detected by the BIOS and shown in the its screens? Can you try a Linux Boot CD to test if the Laptop can boot?

Good Luck
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GodPandaman Posts 3 Registration date Sunday July 1, 2012 Status Member Last seen July 1, 2012
Jul 1, 2012 at 06:49 PM
Thank you for your help but i solved the problem. I just popped in the repair disk and ran start up repair. Now it works fine. Thanks again, GodPandaman
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