techie81
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My brother calls me and says when I boot my computer I get a message that says "operating system not found" on his Sony VAIO laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. He was at a coffee shop and his computer was working, he shortly after turned his computer off and then a few hours turned it it back on with the missing OS message.
I figure it was the boot selection that was incorrect. Tried that, didn't work.
So I boot up the windows 7 recovery console and run a chkdsk and recovery options to fix the OS. Still doesn't work but now I get a blue screen.
This is what I get:
"Windows did not find any installed, licensed language packs for the system default UI language.
*** STOP: 0x0000012A (0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000046, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000""
I have the option to start in safe mode but all the options result in a blue screen above.
I pop in an ubuntu disk to save their files and the only thing I can see is the recovery partition and a reserved partition that is blank. I finally pop the drive out and stick it in my thermaltake drive reader. My fears were confirmed, I can see the partitions but none of their data.
What do you think is the deal with the 10GB sitting there?
I figure it was the boot selection that was incorrect. Tried that, didn't work.
So I boot up the windows 7 recovery console and run a chkdsk and recovery options to fix the OS. Still doesn't work but now I get a blue screen.
This is what I get:
"Windows did not find any installed, licensed language packs for the system default UI language.
*** STOP: 0x0000012A (0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000046, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000""
I have the option to start in safe mode but all the options result in a blue screen above.
I pop in an ubuntu disk to save their files and the only thing I can see is the recovery partition and a reserved partition that is blank. I finally pop the drive out and stick it in my thermaltake drive reader. My fears were confirmed, I can see the partitions but none of their data.
What do you think is the deal with the 10GB sitting there?
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