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pbowie · 01-01-2005, 01:31 PM

Help !

I was given an old winbook Si laptop, but it was all messed up

the OS has been wiped out and the disk formatted along with the MBR.

the active logical partition was deleted.

so. I created a new partition

but I cant boot from a floppy or Cd it says operating system missing (of course)

I can hit F8 and get the menu to boot from floppy or cd but it still says

missing OS system

Its been years since I messed with DOS, anyone can help me ?

01-01-2005, 01:31 PM	#1
pbowie Member (1 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FL Posts: 1	need help with old laptop Help ! I was given an old winbook Si laptop, but it was all messed up the OS has been wiped out and the disk formatted along with the MBR. the active logical partition was deleted. so. I created a new partition but I cant boot from a floppy or Cd it says operating system missing (of course) I can hit F8 and get the menu to boot from floppy or cd but it still says missing OS system Its been years since I messed with DOS, anyone can help me ?