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What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

Postby NitroPower » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:16 pm

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

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:59 pm

A: It explodes  :o ;D
B: It will stop and give the message "Operating System Not Found"
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Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

Postby a1 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:38 pm

It will just run the BIOS. Nothing will happen.
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Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

Postby NitroPower » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:07 pm

thanks, i was just wondering.
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Re: What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

Postby HarvesteR » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:57 pm

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

Postby Keep It Simple » Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:07 pm

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

Postby Fozzer » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:49 pm

[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
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