[SEL] O.T. Computer Help Needed

[Robert L. Holtzer]

Paul, do you have the bios set to boot the CD?
Bob Holtzer

At 08:22 PM 9/10/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>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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