[SEL] O.T. Computer Help Needed

[Bob Jacobs]

Hey Paul,

Do you have a boot disc somewhere????  That should have the operating system
on it and will enable the cd to be read.

Bob 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: The SEL email discussion list
Date: 09/10/04 21:23:35
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: [SEL] O.T. Computer Help Needed
 
Ok I am going to make the assumption that if you opened this message you are
interested in it's content so I hope I don't get flamed.
 
I finally got tired of dealing with my old Sony Vaio PCG-FX370 laptop, sold
some things and went and bought a new Sony Vaio PCG-K25 Laptop which I
really like.
 
As you know at 60 years old I am raising my two grandson, one is 15 and one
is 10. They wanted me to try and fix the old laptop so they could use it for
school. I was told the Hard Drive was bad so I ordered a new hardrive and
installed it. A guy sent me detailed instructions and pictures on how the
change out the hard drive which was fairly easy.
 
I put my Number #1 Recovery Disk in the CD Drive and turned the pc on
expecting the Recovery CD's to re-load the operating system however what I
got was the Sony Logo and then after about 45 seconds I get a message
"Operating System not Found"
 
Surmising that the Recovery Disk may be bad my daughter brought me over a
new copy of Windows XP pro and I installed it in the CD drive and I still
get the same thing "Operating System not Found"
 
Do you folks have any idea what could be wrong and what I can do to fix it.
Any help. advice, or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Paul
 
 
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