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
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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

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