Windows will not start goes to command prompt

[3deizzie]

when i turn pc on it goes to DOS screen and says:drive c has no label  volume serial number 1d36-11eb.  I dont know how to remedy this.   Any help is greatly appreciated.

[unlovedwarrior]

more info like operating system? protections when it started doing this what changes u made before this started happening software hardware etc and can you go into safe mode??

rapidly tap f8 before windows loads

try going into normal mode that way too

unlovedwarrior

[contrex]

It sounds like it is booting into DOS. Is this a computer you have just received or have you had it for a while?

[kartook]

Try from safe mode then enter normal mode

[GX1_Man]

when i turn pc on it goes to DOS screen and says:drive c has no label  volume serial number 1d36-11eb.  I dont know how to remedy this.   Any help is greatly appreciated.

See below.

[3deizzie]

Yep just got it.  I fear it may be a lemon deal.  and I hate lemonade

[3deizzie]

I tried that.  Windows bypassed startup

[contrex]

Mystery solved! You got a computer without Windows on it, is all. The previous owner did the right thing. Dealers in used computers almost always do this. When selling a used computer, the correct legal thing is to remove all software which is not licensed to the new owner. This is the normal, legal, right thing to do when selling a used computer. The seller did nothing at all wrong. You have to buy Windows.

[kartook]

okie try with any LIVe linux CD  boot and try

or install Windows opration systems in this HDD and check

[Zylstra]

(Hmm, I feel like exploding)

Type the following

Label
(and press ENTER)

Problem solved!

kartook, what good would that do?
The computer is working, just no GUI installed

[contrex]

Sometimes people feel such a strong need to post an answer, even if they don't know the right one, that they post the answer to a different problem that the questioner does not actually have.