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You switched drives you said. Did the drive you installed in place of the other one have an operating system installed? Does your BIOS program
support switching between drives to boot from?

nunya wrote:

> "operating system not found"
>
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 02:34:52 +0100, "ooyah" <> wrote:
>
> >hello
> >
> >repair > then choose which installation to repair > then hope its worked
> >
> >regards
> >
> >"nunya" <> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> I get install , repair or quit
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:15:02 -0400, Thund3rstruck
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >nunya rambled on about something in
> >> ><>:
> >> >
> >> >> how do I get to recovery mode?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:35:44 -0400, Thund3rstruck
> >> >> <> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>nunya rambled on about something in
> >> >>><>:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> I got the PC from Dell. It originally had 98 a few years ago I
> >> >>>> updated it to 2000.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> OK. You still have that 2000 pro update cd?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If so, the recovery choice should work fine for you.
> >> >
> >> > Simple.
> >> >
> >> > Boot to the cdrom. When it comes up, you will have a few options.
> >> >One will be a fresh install. One will be recovery, and the third will
> >> >be recovery console.
> >> >
> >> > You want just the plain recovery mode.
> >> >
> >> > Personally, I would make 100% sure that both harddisks are seen by
> >> >the cmos before you get to that point. On some Dells, if you hit the
> >> >esc key when the dell screen comes up, you can see a hardware summary
> >> >screen.If not, go into the cmos and make sure it sees both harddisks.
> >> >
> >> > NOI
> >>
> >

Thund3rstruck <> wrote:

> P.S. nunya. If you got your PC from dell/compaq/hp, your 2000 pro cd
>won't work the same way. It could clone the hd...
>
> Just thought of that. We need to know that before continuing...
>

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