Xp wont boot

[Shane]

Hi all,

I have a serius problem,
I just switched on my pc and got this message...

Missing Operating system
Press a Key

And when i do press a key i get this message after...

DISK BOOT FAILIURE,INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

The only problem is i dont have the windows disk because my computer is a Hp and had windows pre-instaled

All i have is a system recovery disk but when i try using that the only options i get are these...

*Instructions
*Create a new partion
*run Microsoft recovery console

Well i tryed run Microsoft recovery console and got the following options but dont know what to do

1; C:\MiniNT
2: C:\I386
3: F:\Windows

Please what do i do next?

 

[weemanpow3]

your hard drive got messed up and you have to reformat your hard drive

That happed to me once

 

[Shane]

Hi,

Yeah but the only problem is i dont have the cd because windows xp was pre-instaled and if i wipe the hard drive clean im gonna lose my genuine version of xp

My recovery disk just wont work

If i borrow my friends Xp home disk and install it on my computer using the valid serial on the side of my case will this work?

 

[Skizzor]

Yeah it should.

 

[Trizoy]

http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=50289

It is a Hoax


http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/?id=description&virus_k=98893



MCAFEE DISCOVERS NEW DESTRUCTIVE "INVITATION" VIRUS THAT DESTROYS BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION. CNN REPORT GOES AS FOLLOWS:

"PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
You should be alert during the next days:
Do not open any message with an attached filed called
"Invitation"
regardless of who sent it
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact! list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. !
If you receive a mail called "invitation," though sent by a friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is norepair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TOYOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US"
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