operating system can't be found

[qzqhk2]

I've got no luck at all. 2_kdummy helped me yesterday and corrected
my problem.Last night my wife shutdown the computer,and when I
turned it back on the compaq screen came up then a black screen with
a messags"operating system can't be found onn any device hit any key to try again"
at one time I had a boot disk if the boot disk makes any difference.
This sure looks like a virus.
Compaq 7360,500mg processer,312mg ram,windows98se,ie6

[Peccavi]

Unplug and re plug the cables connected to your hard drive...

[GX1_Man]

That is frequenly a message when the hard drive or the controller has died. I would download and run the free diagnostics from the manufacturer's web site.

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1122425778

Does the hard drive show in the BIOS?

[Radex]

I'm having the same type of problem also but ... When I boot up, the system is fine, while I'm working with the computer, it is fine also. The "can't find operation system" shows up if the computer is left idle for more then 15 min. or so. When I reboot it, all is fine again. This is driving me nuts.

[Peccavi]

Don't leave him alone
And open  another thread for your problem...Things will mess up.