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OK right now i have a HP Dv2000 (dv2125nr to be specific) and it is giving me some problems. When it starts up it will not read the hard drive and flashes “Operating System Not Found” I try to install windows and the setup cannot find a hard drive. However its not entirely not there because when i run a live Linux cd (ubuntu) it can find my hard and let me look at everything that is there. I rewrote the MBR to try to fix it and that doesn’t help. How can i fix the fact that my laptop bios will not read my hard drive unless there is a live linux cd running on it?

OK. No boot up. Try to recover or RE-install windows with two different CDs and… “No Hard Drive Found”

I loaded a linux live CD and was able to see the partioned drive.
So I have C and D… D being a logical partion of the master drive C.

In Linux… I see the existance of both drives, but, Unable to load the master drive (c), but I was able to load and view the restore partion, D

HELP. What are my choices here. I need pictures off the C drive!!!!

THANK you all in advance!.

I want to try a Linux based OS on my machine as dual boot system w/ Windows Vista. Found lots of info in net, tried Ubuntu Live CD (without install), however cannot decide which OS will be the best for me. I’m not experienced w/ Linux and just want to try open source soft. I researched all of these distributions http://www.linux.com/distributions/ Is out there something else I don’t know about? Also the question is which distribution will work the best on my machine which is HP Pavillion dv9420us, see http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=computer_store&landing=computers&category=notebooks/dv9000z_series&subcat1=rts&catLevel=3&product_code=GA354UA%23ABA&tab=detailed_specs#defaultAnchor Thanks!
Can I try other OS without installing them (like Ubuntu)?