Operating System Not Found, Windows cant find my HDD

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Operating System Not Found, Windows cant find my HDD


    Hi Guys,
    I know this is a topic that has received quite alot of attention but so far i have tried loads of so called fixes and my problem seems to be unique.
    I got the blue screen of death last night with the error message 'KERNAL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR.
    I also got this tech info *** STOP: 0x0000007A (0xFFFFF6FB7DA00018, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000056, I can elaborate on this later if required.
    Had blue screen a few times so didnt think anything of it, then today mid way through watching a download on vlc, my PC restarted and gave me 'operating system not found. I restarted and it said the same thing.
    My CD rom tray is broken and so to get into it i (or my gf lol) have to take my laptop apart and place the disk in then rebuild, anyway i put my recovery disk in and it wont find my HDD therefore cannot even do a fresh install coz windows has no where to put it.
    Tried Dos'ing it, my laptop in dos is giving OMB, which is either a strange name for a hard drive or i have 0 MB :/ cant do anything with it, samsung recovery solution wont start(F4), tried resetting all dos settings, advanced settings(F8) etc but no joy.
    Is there anyway to fix this or do i need to look into a new hard drive? Any help will be much appreciated!!!
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    Can you boot in Safe mode? If so, please follow steps outlined here to get BSOD help:

    https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Golden said:
    Can you boot in Safe mode? If so, please follow steps outlined here to get BSOD help:

    https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html
    Hi Golden,
    No, i have tried booting in safe mode (F8) several times, and the only time it worked was when i had the recovery disk in - which meant i booted the recovery disk in safe mode, but still couldnt access anything stored on my HDD
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  4. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    I think you need a new hard disk. Had the same problem a while ago. All the data gone too..
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  5. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #5

    I see two possibilities :

    1. A Startup Repair, or
    2. A complete clean install.

    Try Startup Repair first:
    Startup Repair
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Golden said:
    I see two possibilities :

    1. A Startup Repair, or
    2. A complete clean install.

    Try Startup Repair first:
    Startup Repair
    Hi,
    Yeah i have tried startup repair a few times and it tells me that no hard disk was found.

    The problem i have is that even if i wanted to (and sort of now conceded to) do a complete clean install, without my HDD responding i cant even do that no? When i satrt up my windows recovery cd, go through the language options etc even if i choose Install Windows 7 (Fresh), i cant point windows to install it anywhere so it subsequently fails and im back to scratching my head
    If i cant format my hard drive in dos and cant do it in windows is that basically the end of the road? I thought you needed to literally drill a hole thorugh a HDD to truly destroy it?
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  7. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #7

    Does the HDD show when you enter the BIOS?
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Golden said:
    Does the HDD show when you enter the BIOS?
    Yes, when i enter bios with the hard drive in it shows 0MB, when i take it out it is blank so my laptop can find it
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  9. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #9

    Please use this tutorial to see if you can view the drive contents using this Linux distribution - its very simple, nothing complicated:

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...cy-backup.html
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  10. Posts : 66
    Windows
       #10

    I had the exact same problem, the hard drive was recognized from the bios but it was physically damaged and I had to replace it.
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