Sony VAIO Operating system not found

pippinsmckey · Sep 11, 2013

My newly bought (2 weeks old) Sony Vaio SVT13132PXS won't boot, I get a message that the operating system can't be found.

-First I thought it was a misplaced HD so I opened it up and checked all the connections, which seemed to be fine. Still didn't work.
-I accessed the BIOs recently just to see that the harddrive(s?) was there, but it only found the 24 gb SSD disk. It should be able to find both disks in the bios or? (The other one is a 500 gb regular drive)

Is it my operating system? Has the bigger drive been damaged i.e. dead? Can I maybe install the OS on the SSD or is it already installed there?

In dire need of help, appreciative of any kind of assistance I can get. Really need to get it working again for school.

Thanks in advance!
/Martin

kookie3010 · Sep 11, 2013

pippinsmckey :

My newly bought (2 weeks old) Sony Vaio SVT13132PXS won't boot, I get a message that the operating system can't be found.

-First I thought it was a misplaced HD so I opened it up and checked all the connections, which seemed to be fine. Still didn't work.
-I accessed the BIOs recently just to see that the harddrive(s?) was there, but it only found the 24 gb SSD disk. It should be able to find both disks in the bios or? (The other one is a 500 gb regular drive)

Is it my operating system? Has the bigger drive been damaged i.e. dead? Can I maybe install the OS on the SSD or is it already installed there?

In dire need of help, appreciative of any kind of assistance I can get. Really need to get it working again for school.

Thanks in advance!
/Martin

where is ur os stored on the ssd or the hdd?can u see the hdd in bios?

pippinsmckey · Sep 11, 2013

I don't know where it's stored unfortunately, you'd presume it's on the SSD 24 gb but then you would think it should start.

I can see the one 24 gb SSD in the bios but not the larger 500 gb one. The computer is constantly beeping as well

kookie3010 · Sep 11, 2013

pippinsmckey :

remove ur hdd and connect it back again.

pippinsmckey · Sep 11, 2013

I already did that if you look in the first post. Nothing changed unfortunately

kookie3010 · Sep 11, 2013

pippinsmckey :

sorry didnt see that.if you could try ur hdd on another laptop or pc.if its still under waranty get it replace.for the mean time u could install os on the ssd

pippinsmckey · Sep 11, 2013

Gonna do the install thingy tmrw. I guess I voided the warranty when I open the damn thing...

kookie3010 · Sep 11, 2013

pippinsmckey :

i would try an get that hdd on another system just to ensure if its faulty or not.

Dan1984 · Sep 24, 2013

I had the same problem, my Vaio E series crashed almost the same day as yours without apparent reason. I tried to connect HDD over enclosure to 2 other laptops and it wasn't possible.BIOS can see it but windows 8 can't start , I just get the message "operating system not found".
For a brief moment other laptop recognized HDD as H drive but I couldn't open the folder. Enclosure is 100% working as I tested it with another HDD, from another laptop.
I returned it to the store , let's see what they are going to do

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