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Computer Question
Dec. 24th, 2006 04:21 pmIn unbelievably awful news, my laptop might have just died. When I try to boot it, it reads 'Operating System not found' right after the start up. Now my question is this. It was working fine last night at the pub, and I put it in my bag. I don't believe my bag was jarred or dropped at any point. However, I did have a one inch joke fridge magnet rattling around in the bag. Is a small magnet enough to blow the hard drive of a laptop overnight? If not, what other possible issues are there to explain that. Is so, is there any way to recover the data.
I ask because my laptop has been both my work and game repository. Without it, all of my Johnny material is gone. All of my XP material is gone. 30 wiki entries, gone. My entire scripting portfolio, gone. So, some good news/solutions would help.
EDIT: Does anyone coming up have a proper Windows Installation CD they can bring with them?
EDIT2: My laptop was a work one, so I believe it was running Windows NT, though I'm not entirely sure. I have no great commitment to NT, as long as I can get at most of my data.
I ask because my laptop has been both my work and game repository. Without it, all of my Johnny material is gone. All of my XP material is gone. 30 wiki entries, gone. My entire scripting portfolio, gone. So, some good news/solutions would help.
EDIT: Does anyone coming up have a proper Windows Installation CD they can bring with them?
EDIT2: My laptop was a work one, so I believe it was running Windows NT, though I'm not entirely sure. I have no great commitment to NT, as long as I can get at most of my data.
