Hard Drive

[ocspsk8er]

When I went to change my harddrives from a 4g to a 40g, i turned on my system and the moniter showed a message that sayd that the operating system couldn't be found. Please help!

[merlin]

what o/s is this some older system have trouble supporting large h/d and some you have to enter the values this link may help you a little>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q80304

[Joleen]

Er.. did you install an OS on the new harddrive?

[ocspsk8er]

Joleen...it wouln't even let me get the chance to....

[ocspsk8er]

Windows 200 Pro

[dl65]

ocspsk8er....LOL .....the problem is youve got your puter looking for Win 2oo pro ........I think you want Win 2000 Pro.....   Go to this site and it will walk you through the installation.
http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/56840.html

Hope this helps you .
dl65  

[MetalMilitia]

ok, so you have taken out the existing 4gb HDD and put in a 40gig? what you need to do is change the boot sequence in the bios (press del, when it posts)

its usually in a section called somthing like this....



Once you have located the boot sequence options (may be listed as first boot device, second boot...ect) you need to set your CD ROM drive as the first boot device.
Then save changes and restart with your windows CD in and it should automatically run or it may say press any key to boot from CD ROM. Then it is just a case of formatting the drive and installing windows which is all done from the CD menu.