[coover]

For the 2nd time in three days, when I attempt to boot, I got the error message "Missing Operating System". When I first contacted Hewlett Packard, they told me that the MBR was missing or corrupted and that I would have to reinstall everything.

I did!

Now, two days latter, I get the same message ... from the computer and from Hewlett Packard.

I'm not sure what happened the first time, but the most recent occurance happened when I attempted to reboot to Vista after running a Linux Live CD (SimplyMepis). I did not install Linux, just ran it off the CD. I closed down Linux, took the CD out of the drive, and attempted to boot to Vista. Result "Missing Operating System".

I've checked the boot order in the BIOS and even changed it so that the hard drive booted first. This didn't work.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this without a reinstall?

Does anyone have any idea as to the cause of the problem?

Does anyone have any idea how to avoid this in the future?

I sure need your help. Thanks.

[ohheck]

just a guess that linux does SOMETHING to the mbr that messes up vista -

he's a how to video i found - may solve your prob


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI51eq4m_qQ