computer wont boot

[Macdaddy]

i have a laptop and when i turn it on i get the message invaild system disk replace disk and press anykey

and there is no floppy dirve in the laptop so i cant us a windows start up disk and also it wont boot off the cd rom ethier
what can i do to fix this problem

 

[TheMajor]

make sure ur BIOS is set to boot from ur primary harddisk.

 

[Macdaddy]

i dont have that option in the setup there is only 1 drive and no partiton or anything
well the person did a format c: in dos and now it wont work

 

[TheMajor]

its obviously looking for a floppy, there should be an option in ur BIOS. something like "primary boot device" or "boot order"

 

[Macdaddy]

ya and i have it for cd rom hard drive lan card and floppy

 

[TheMajor]

are u sure the disc is OK? is it a rewriteble disc?

 

[TheMajor]

BTW, wich windows version are u trying to install?

 

[Macdaddy]

2000
and yes the cd is okay i used it on a another pc

 

[TheMajor]

u need bootdisks for 2000. u can download them from www.bootdisk.com or put the 2000disc in a working computer and browse to the folder "bootdisk" and run the bootdisk32.exe file (I could be wrong with the names)

 

[Macdaddy]

okay but there is 1 problem
the computer wont boot from the cd rom