# Boot problems! BIG time!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boot-problems-big-time/177931>\
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**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boot-problems-big-time/177931 "2006-02-06T16:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boot-problems-big-time/177931/1 "2006-02-06T16:10:58Z")

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yes, I’ve managed to mess up my computer again! This time I accedently told my comp to boot from an partition without an OS, so all I get when I start it is: “Error loading operative system”. I have a lot of school files on the computer, so I was wondering if there is any way to get it to work.

At first I though that I could “hack” my computer from an other computer, and replace my boot.ini file, but since I can’t start it, I can’t connect to a network ☹ Anyone have any ideas on how to get it to work, or should I just reformat it? I don’t want to loose all of my files :crying: