If I can just refer you to this thread:
I'm not sure where the problem lies, but I'm pretty sure it has to be independent of Windows (albeit caused by Windows!) and Linux because of the reasons I've detailed in that thread.
But to summarise:
Steps I've taken:
On my main PC at home, I have two internal hard drives, a Seagate 500GB disk and a Maxtor (I think) 1TB disk.
A long while back, whilst I was an intrepid explorer, new to the shores of Vista 64, I had a PC crash and reboot, whilst it was applying updates. I had to rescue the install using the dvd and repair it which it did just fine.
Ever since that fateful day, upon booting, and after posting the computer halts with "Error - Operating System not Found".
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17986921
A long while back, whilst I was an intrepid explorer, new to the shores of Vista 64, I had a PC crash and reboot, whilst it was applying updates. I had to rescue the install using the dvd and repair it which it did just fine.
Ever since that fateful day, upon booting, and after posting the computer halts with "Error - Operating System not Found".
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17986921
I'm not sure where the problem lies, but I'm pretty sure it has to be independent of Windows (albeit caused by Windows!) and Linux because of the reasons I've detailed in that thread.
But to summarise:
- Computer if left to boot posts, then displays "Error loading operating system" - I have to hold F8 for the boot menu, then select my primary hard disk whereupon Grub loads and I can go from there (Ubuntu/Vista).
Steps I've taken:
- Removed all other internal & external hard disks
- Run the Vista install repair utility to try and fix the MBT
- Reinstalled Grub to try and fix the boot sector
- Removed all other devices from the boot priority in the BIOS
- Installed both Vista & Linux to the same hard drive (Primary HDD - Seagate) with the other disks removed
- Sat around scratching my head, generally getting more and more annoyed.
