missing operating system

[andyl]

i,ve just upgraded pc by putting in a bigger hd, the one i removed had xp pro on it, tried starting pc with the disk in and also after booting up with disk out and then inserting and all i get is the black screen with system info with message at bottom:-
SDRAM at DIMM # :1
Searching for boot record from IDE-O..OK
Missing Operating System

Tried starting up by pressing Del,and get the blue cmos page, but there doesn,t seem to be anywhere where i can load windows,pleeeeeese help

[pip22]

To boot from CD you need to go into the BIOS setup and change
'First Boot Device' from floppy (or it may say IDE0) to CD-ROM. Make sure changes are saved upon exiting. Restart PC with XP disc in drive. Watch the screen. You need to watch for a message saying 'press any key to boot from CD' or something like that, so be ready to press any key when you see it. If you miss it the system will report an error and you just have to reboot and try again.

When XP install is complete don't forget to go back into BIOS
and change 'First Boot Device' back to 'Floppy' or 'IDE0' and save the changes as you exit.


Pip

[andyl]

thanks for that pip,will give it a whirl,sounds quite simple(fingers crossed)

[andyl]

somehow didn,t think it would be that easy,it now says:-
SDRAM at DIMM#:1
Searching for boot record from CD-ROM-Not Found
" " " " " Floppy - Not Found
" " " " " IDE - 0 .. OK
Missing Operating System

Went into the bios, and it says
Quick Boot Enabled
1st Boot Device cd-rom (did say IDE-O )
2nd " " floppy
3rd " " IDE-O
Try other boot devices yes


Does this shed any light on the matter

[andyl]

sorted, changed 1st boot to floppy then used the set up disks, which wasn,t told about but got the info from another post, thanks anyway