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[pauljoe]

hi guys,
i dropped my laptop and smashed the screen which i have replaced, found that the hdd wasnt working, replaced that laptop recognises hdd in bios but laptop will not load any software keeps saying no operating system cant even load system disk any ideas

esystem ei3103

[lagerland]

If you have changed the hdd it wont work untill you put the operating system on it mate ....................

[Shady]

i was gonna put this myself, but then i thought 'hes replaced a lappy screen' SURELY he knows that a new hdd means no os.....

[pauljoe]

i cannot load a operating system as the hdd isnt loading the dvd drive is reading disk but not writing info

[Shady]

are you getting an error message? whats it say?
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[pauljoe]

it says operating system not found i am trying to load the cd that came with laptop but hdd dosnt seem to be writing it is recognised tho

[happy_highlander]

it says operating system not found i am trying to load the cd that came with laptop but hdd dosnt seem to be writing it is recognised tho

have you changed the boot order in the bios so that the lappy boots to cd drive first so that you can install the operating system to the new hdd

[happy_highlander]

just had another thought (~~~~ me 2 in one day) if you are trying to load the disk that came with the lappy is it a system disk or is it just a recovery disk

[dasteph]

if the hd is brand new then it will be in a raw state and will need formatting before you can load a o/s, if you have a full instalation disc for any windows o/s then that will do it for you.

[cunny]

What OS for start?
Maybe related to this thread here

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f36/hdd-problem-221334/

[Egren71]

If it is XP you are trying to load, some of the early XP install disks were not bootable.