Dont make fun of me need help loading OS on Toshiba 225CDS

[Sk8er07999]

Ok I got this lap top for free from a friend and wanted to start fresh on it. So I formatted drive C: thinking that I could boot up from the cd rom and load up a fresh copy of windows xp or windows 98 se. But niether disc will work. It just says "invalid system disk, replace the disk, and press any key". Now I had a pc servicing class in high school which was a few years back but I can't seem to figure this one out. I can't get into the systems bios either to make sure the boot sequence starts with the cd rom. Either I don't know what key to push or you just can't get to it. Thanks for the help guys, Kevin.

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

F1 should get u into bios. and are u using an original OS disk?

 

[Sk8er07999]

No I am not using the original, ok let me try

 

[Sk8er07999]

No F1 didn't do anything

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

ok, it should be the escape key to enter bios if it is not f1. and u say ur not using an original os disk?

 

[Sk8er07999]

No I don't have the disc.

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

did u get into bios? and u are trying to use a bootleg copy of the os to load windows? that aint gonna work.

 

[Sk8er07999]

Esc worked it is booting from the cd now, Thanks so much for the help. I will reply if I have any more problems. Thanks again, Kevin.

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

ok, let me know how that cd works out.