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Help me! i have aptop and it suddenly started saying error loading operating sy

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janks08

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Jan 10, 2013
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i have av laptop and when i turn it on it says error loading operating system...what do i do? before this happened i accidently dropped it off my couch..1st time it has ever been dropped
 
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Killed the hard drive, broke the hard drive, or knocked the hard drive loose (highly unlikely)

Your laptop should have a recovery disk or a way to access a recovery partition, this is the first thing to try.
Killed the hard drive, broke the hard drive, or knocked the hard drive loose (highly unlikely)

Your laptop should have a recovery disk or a way to access a recovery partition, this is the first thing to try.
 
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