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Sony Vaio Win7 "Operating System Not Found" - missing data files
This is a client's pc.
- SONY VAIO All In One VPCL21AFX/B
- recvd a "Operating System Not Found" error msg when starting after normal shutdown
- rebooted w/o external devices, same error
- F8 didn't work
- F12 put it into a Sony repair menu Esc'd out to Win menu
- Command Line "bootrec.exe /fixmbr" - successful
- reboot "Operating System Not Found" error
- ran Sony Data Rescue to save data files on external drive and got nothing but empty directories
- pulled HD and looked at it as an external on another machine - there are no data files
- ???
- the Sony recovery utility will restore a factory load but delete all data
Where did the data files go? They were all there the night before.