Have you set your BIOS to boot from CD? It might be a CD problem.
Pull the CD and see if you get the same error. Stewart At 05:37 PM 7/2/2010, you wrote:
When I set up the boot order to CD first, and put in the CD, I get the prompt "Press any key to continue" which I do, but then I get the no operating system error found error. I had aborted the set up in mid stream previously, and haven't been able to get through the process to start the reformat over. Richard P. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:14 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Why can't you start from CD and just reformat? > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Richard P. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've somehow messed up the re-formatting of my laptop hard drive when >> I was attempting to reinstall Windows XP. Now when I try to boot up >> with the CD, I get a "No Operating System Found" error. Is there a way >> to start this process over and salvage the hard drive? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Richard P. >> >> Windows XP >> Dell Laptop >> >> >> *************************************** >> ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO ** >> ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** >> ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> *************************************** >> > > > *************************************** > ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO ** > ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** > ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > *************************************** > *************************************** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO ** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***************************************
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