On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 23:26:06 EST, you wrote:

If the boot sector is corrupted, even you transfer the boot files to
it, it still can't be boot up. May be you have to consider re-format
it.

>I have a Compaq Presario 2200 model. When I try to boot the machine I get an
>error that says that the operating system can't be found.  I have transfered
>the system files to the disk, I installed DOS and windows 3.1, yet the
>operating system cannot be found when booting.  I am able to access the c:
>drive when I boot from a floppy but it won't boot from C:.  Any help would be
>appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

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