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What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:16 pm
by NitroPower
^title.

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:59 pm
by Mushroom_Farmer
A: It explodes  :o ;D
B: It will stop and give the message "Operating System Not Found"

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:38 pm
by a1
It will just run the BIOS. Nothing will happen.

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:07 pm
by NitroPower
thanks, i was just wondering.

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:57 pm
by HarvesteR
actually... it will not boot at all... since there is nothing to boot  ::)

in practice, the comp will just hang at the 'operating system not found' screen and that's that...

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:07 pm
by Keep It Simple
A clearification of what "boot" actually refers to.....


Any computer is useless until an OS is installed.
The problem is, how do you install an OS on a computer that

Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:49 pm
by Fozzer
[quote]A clearification of what "boot" actually refers to.....


Any computer is useless until an OS is installed.
The problem is, how do you install an OS on a computer that