This is probably a stretch, but it used to be that Win 98 and similar would
barf on the installation if the BIOS clock was way off. Something easy to
check.

Otherwise, it could be a hardware problem or some hardware incompatibility.
Make sure the disk is recognized by the BIOS. Go to the freepctech web site
and get one of the bootable DOS diskettes and see if it can recognize and
format your hard disk.

Russ Poffenberger
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] no os


Thank you for the reply, however, it goes through ALL FOUR boot floppys and
into the CD to the install or repair option, then I get the nasty message.
The CD is brand new, scratch free, and I bought it from a store that builds
and sells computers, so it's classed as OEM and microsoft wants to charge me
$150.00CDN for help and I paid $219.00 CDN for the disk. Two years ago, I
paid $400.00CDN for XP, used it for 3 months and scrapped it. I didn't
like the way it worked. Thank you for your help.   AL SMITH

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