Ok. here we go. Just remember I'm not too familiar with the older stuff so please dumb down the answers a bit.
I was told it's not this exact computer because I had nothing for L2 but this is the same as much as I can see except that. http://www.zymos.ca/products/dfi/dfi8120.htm
I'm guessing it originally came with a removable floppy but I'm not positive. I don't have a floppy though. It has a removable CD-ROM which was working up till last night when I used killdisk which zero'd out the hard drive. So basically it left me with a blank hard drive, the cd-rom will spin but not read, and I have no floppy drive or USB ports. I have tried loading Win 98 but I don't think it's a bootable disk anyways. I also tried using Win. 2000
So, 2 scenarios have happened.
When I start up it just goes past the part in which you can hit F2 and if I don't it just says "no operating system found"
#2 If I hit F2 to go into BIOS, I have tried to change back to default settings and other setting options. Also, with the boot sequence, there is only 3 choices.
A: Only
C: Only
A: then C:
I can't connect a newer floppy drive because they are USB and I don't have port and plus I'd have to load software.
I don't even know how I would be able to install any drivers onto the computer since I don't have a working CD-ROM on it and no operating system.
What about connecting the computer to one of my other computers which are HP Pavilion L2000 or HP Pavilion ZT1175? I could get an external floppy drive for it and a cable???? IS this possible? If so, how would I boot it and if I could what would I do then?
I can't tell you how much I appreciate all your help!!
I hope this information is what you needed. Please let me know if you need any other information
Thanks again!
I was told it's not this exact computer because I had nothing for L2 but this is the same as much as I can see except that. http://www.zymos.ca/products/dfi/dfi8120.htm
I'm guessing it originally came with a removable floppy but I'm not positive. I don't have a floppy though. It has a removable CD-ROM which was working up till last night when I used killdisk which zero'd out the hard drive. So basically it left me with a blank hard drive, the cd-rom will spin but not read, and I have no floppy drive or USB ports. I have tried loading Win 98 but I don't think it's a bootable disk anyways. I also tried using Win. 2000
So, 2 scenarios have happened.
When I start up it just goes past the part in which you can hit F2 and if I don't it just says "no operating system found"
#2 If I hit F2 to go into BIOS, I have tried to change back to default settings and other setting options. Also, with the boot sequence, there is only 3 choices.
A: Only
C: Only
A: then C:
I can't connect a newer floppy drive because they are USB and I don't have port and plus I'd have to load software.
I don't even know how I would be able to install any drivers onto the computer since I don't have a working CD-ROM on it and no operating system.
What about connecting the computer to one of my other computers which are HP Pavilion L2000 or HP Pavilion ZT1175? I could get an external floppy drive for it and a cable???? IS this possible? If so, how would I boot it and if I could what would I do then?
I can't tell you how much I appreciate all your help!!
I hope this information is what you needed. Please let me know if you need any other information
Thanks again!
