FabSwingers.com forum: Laptop Help..

By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

can Anyone Help..

my kid uses my old mini laptop for playing games etc.. iv went to turn it on and its just came up with - operating system not found !!!

Any Help please

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i had ths before and it was because my hard drive had fallen out a bit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

hard drive failure. It's either come loose, it's screwed or they've managed to wipe it (unlikely).

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By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

oh bugger..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Make sure your booting from the hard drive, turn laptop off and them turn it on again, and press F12 to go into boot records make sure it is booting from hard drive and not another device.

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By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

"Make sure your booting from the hard drive, turn laptop off and them turn it on again, and press F12 to go into boot records make sure it is booting from hard drive and not another device. "

Tried that thanks.. just goes back to the operating system not found thingy..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You need to check the bios to see if the drive is recognised.

Boot it up and look for the command to start the bios (usually tells you to press the delete key or F1/F2 key)

If you can do this then look for the hard drive page in bios- usually the first page- and you'll need to navigate using arrow keys as the mouse or touchpad won't work.

It should tell you there is an internal physical drive and give you a size in bytes (something like 38079654).

If you can do that then the drive is probably working and may be corrupted

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

Do you have any other devices ie a CD/DVD in the drive.. .the laptop maybe trying time boot up from that. If so....remove....and switch off then on again.

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

Sorry I know people are only trying to help but please dont post links in the forum

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

"Make sure your booting from the hard drive, turn laptop off and them turn it on again, and press F12 to go into boot records make sure it is booting from hard drive and not another device.

Tried that thanks.. just goes back to the operating system not found thingy..

take a hammer to that laptop.

as soon as the

thingy,thing,thingmies,it's thingmied.

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By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Thank you ever so Much for all your Help and information..

We have tried loads of your ideas and some from really nice experts..

Now when we switch the laptop on itself is even making a similar to an ambulance siren sound...

In other words we dont feel it can be saved anymore

and we now have a pile of 3 ancient old laptops that are no good lol.. also too scared to scrap one of them because its full of our pics !! lol

SO now looking for another cheap old laptop that we can use to keep our kid happy for an hour playing kids games on the internet.. anyone got an old laptop they dont want ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£60 will get you a tablet good enough for the average kid to use

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By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

"£60 will get you a tablet good enough for the average kid to use "

Thought about that..

Would a tablet (no not them kind

be any good for a 6 year old ???

Dont mind letting her play on the computer for about one hour a day on a school recommended games site..

But worry that a tablet to play with would be err..

aww fuck it im going to stop this typing.. im getting old for this Technology shit..

Six years old and told me the other day she wants an i-pad.... i said yes dear mummy would also like an i-pad..

and to beable to wrok the dam thing without needing constant help..

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

my niece is 2 and can work an ipad lol she watches peppa pig on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"my niece is 2 and can work an ipad lol she watches peppa pig on it

I don' think its the 6 year old using it thats the issue

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By *icked weasel OP Couple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

"my niece is 2 and can work an ipad lol she watches peppa pig on it

I don' think its the 6 year old using it thats the issue

ipad at 2 !! when i was 2... hadnt even learned to turn the telly over

and when i was 6.. hhmm

right ffs Stop ripping the preverbial !!!

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

My 5 and 6 year olds have a tablet that they share, there's a load of educational (free) apps and kids book apps and of course good old internet.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"my niece is 2 and can work an ipad lol she watches peppa pig on it

I don' think its the 6 year old using it thats the issue

ipad at 2 !! when i was 2... hadnt even learned to turn the telly over

and when i was 6.. hhmm

right ffs Stop ripping the preverbial !!!

She knew how to unlock an iPhone at 1. Not sure what that day's about my sister's parenting skills

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