Laptop with no OS

[Tanglefoot]

As your system is, obviously, working. If you have a copy of Partition magic installed you could run 'create boot disks' onto (if I remember correctly) 2 floppys and pass those on to try. PM4 thro 7 give CD boot support. It's worth a try. If not you, maybe someone else you know has this?
Or try here for an evaluation copy -http://www.soft32.com/download_151.html
Best of luck.

[stadacone]

Well, as I mentioned, its not my computer. I am passing over these question for someone else on the net, trying to help.

I suppose he is now trying this suggestion he got from someone:

I assume you're trying to install Windows XP, if so follow these instructions:

* You need four blank floppy disks.

* A working computer so you can format the floppy disks and install the needed software on them (Since you can post here I'll assume you have access to a working computer).

1. Go here and download this file and follow the instructions to install it onto the four blank floppy disks: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...55-BD5AFEE126D8

2. After you've done that and installed the software onto the four floppy disks, insert the first floppy disk into your laptop. It will load the necessary drivers and modules. It will ask you to load the next three disks so insert these when they're asked for.

3. After all the floppy disks have been loaded you it will ask you to install the CD into the CD ROM Drive, and will continue to install Windows.

From there on you won't need to use the floppy disks anymore as the installation software for Windows XP will load all necessary drivers, modules and software onto the hard drive.

Hope this helps.

It sounded like something right to try, what you think? If it did not help him. I will inform this other way you suggested