Simviation Forum - What happens if you boot a PC with no OS?

Oct 10^th, 2008 at 3:16pm

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Reply #1 - Oct 10^th, 2008 at 4:59pm

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A: It explodes Shocked

B: It will stop and give the message "Operating System Not Found"

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Reply #2 - Oct 10^th, 2008 at 5:38pm

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It will just run the BIOS. Nothing will happen.

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Reply #3 - Oct 10^th, 2008 at 7:07pm

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thanks, i was just wondering.

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Reply #4 - Nov 2^nd, 2008 at 11:57pm

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actually... it will not boot at all... since there is nothing to boot Roll Eyes

in practice, the comp will just hang at the 'operating system not found' screen and that's that...

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Reply #5 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 3:07pm

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A clearification of what "boot" actually refers to.....

Any computer is useless until an OS is installed.
The problem is, how do you install an OS on a computer that
can't do anything until an OS is installed to begin with?

So, in the early days iof computing, a few hardware and software tricks were developed to allow you to install/load software (the OS) on a computer with no OS.

It was said that installing /loading an OS was like a computer lifting itself up by its own "boot" straps and the term "boot" has been with us ever since.

So, when tunning on a computer with no OS installed, the compter will simply search for one and give you an error when one is not found.

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Reply #6 - Nov 20^th, 2008 at 1:49pm

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Keep It Simple wrote on Nov 8^th, 2008 at 3:07pm:

A clearification of what "boot" actually refers to.....

Any computer is useless until an OS is installed.
The problem is, how do you install an OS on a computer that
can't do anything until an OS is installed to begin with?

So, in the early days iof computing, a few hardware and software tricks were developed to allow you to install/load software (the OS) on a computer with no OS.

It was said that installing /loading an OS was like a computer lifting itself up by its own "boot" straps and the term "boot" has been with us ever since.

So, when tunning on a computer with no OS installed, the compter will simply search for one and give you an error when one is not found.

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