no system found on disk....error (W2K)

[digipainter]

Running win 2000 SP4, while working the computer got hanged & ctrl+alt+del could not be done, so I had to hard reboot.

On reboot I am getting message
"No OS found on Disk" press Esc to reboot.

Pressing esc to reboot does not solve the problem.

I tried repairing the OS from the CD but did'nt help, then as a last try I rebooted again & kept the win 2000 Cd in the drive.

It asked me to boot from the CD or else continue.........I continued & I could boot as normal.

Now the trouble is that I can only boot as normal with the Cd in the drive (though I am not booting from the CD)

Checked the hard disk for errors & virus, none found.
My C: drive shows "autoexe" file size 0KB & config.sys size as 0KB, not sure if these should show as 0 KB, may be someone can source the problem with my setup.

Need help!

[stevearhino]

I'm not sure but this may be related to the post below "here's a good one". I'm having a similar problem which just happened again and I'm looking for some help with it. Read through the thread you might find something there that helps you.

[Kexky]

Your boot record may be damaged. Try to repair it... But be prepared for the need of a clean install /images/forums/icons/wink.gif

Best regards,
Kexky /images/forums/icons/cool.gif