op. system not found

[Andiesean]

I have a HP Pavilion XE736 computer which I have just put a new WD 40GB hard drive into it. I had Windows Me on old hard drive, want to put it in new hard drive. But I keep getting a message that says "operating system not found". I put Me cd in and tried to boot from CD rom, not working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but, I don't think you can put new components into HP's because of the proprietary parts.

[pillainp]

Do you have the old drive mastered or slaved?

[andyms18a]

go into your bios and set first boot device to cdrom

[mike breck]

What Me disc are you using - MS Windows Me CD or HP Recovery Disc Set?

The easiest way is to use the HP Recovery Disc Set.

[Andiesean]

I am using the Windows ME cd, and I went into bios and set to boot from CD-Rom. I have it set to Cable Select. And I still get the same message.

[andyms18a]

if you have a cdrom and a dvd only one will be bootable so if you have tryed the cdrom drive then try the dvd drive

[Andiesean]

I figured out the problem, she gave me a Windows ME upgrade cd, needed to use HP Recovery to restore original software, then upgrade to ME. Thanks for all your help!!!!