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Old 12-17-2002, 04:44 PM   #1
nixnoob
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Thumbs down another error


I fdisked and got rid of everything.. I tried to boot and no more error but it said Operating System Missing. So I did a boot with CD ROM support to install windows and it doesnt recognize my CD ROM drive. says cant find a driver MSCD001. any ideas?!
Yes, I really am a
 
Old 12-17-2002, 05:08 PM   #2
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I think I figured it out.. Ill let ya know when in a day or two. If you have any ideas, post em here :P thx for the help guys
 
Old 12-18-2002, 01:57 PM   #3
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So you didn't follow the advice about fdisk /mbr in your previous thread. Had you done that with a M$ version of fdisk, it would have set out the correct code on the MBR for the BIOS and the bootstrap loader to find and to boot Windows.

The

fdisk /mbr

command is entered at a prompt when booting from a Win boot disk.

Now that you have fdisked the entire disk, find a Win boot disk (such as Win98) and use that to boot your machine with CD-ROM support. Then you can install Windoze from your CD, if you so desire. A Win boot disk can be found at http://www.bootdisk.com in a variety of flavors.
 
Old 12-18-2002, 05:59 PM   #4
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I tried to do fdisk /mbr but it didn't do anything. So I fdisked my whole drive. Ill try a bootdisk from there(even tho I have one and it still doesnt find the CDROM drive)
 
  


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