On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:07:10 -0500, Robert & Nancy Palmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >My son has his girlfriend's gateway 2000 computer to fix. The hard drive >was bad and he replaced it. Now the message on screen "operating system >missing". She can not find her recovery disk. Would any Gateway recovery >cd work? Would I need to buy a windows 98SE cd? Will I be missing >drivers? Thank you. Nancy Palmer > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml Yes Nancy- You must get another operating system. As was previously posted, Win2000 is a much better choice than 98 & will be close in price on ebay. However, another possibility is to download & install Linux Xandros. It's free & runs/looks superb. Won't cost anything to give it a spin? You can always revert back to Windows, if necessary... http://www.xandros.com/products/home/desktopoc/dsk_oc_download.html Lynn Tracy The NOSPIN Group is now accepting donations to help defer the costs of providing PCBUILD and our website. Visit http://freepctech.com to donate using PAYPAL