"No operating system" after installing new hard drive

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I bought a laptop from eBay. The previous owner took the hard drive out, so I replaced it with a new hard drive.

I installed the new hard drive, did a hard drive self test – it passed.

I downloaded a Windows Vista driver and put CD in drive; it still says "no operating system".

Shelia Holtzclaw Tate

Posted 2013-02-26T11:38:52.147

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In the future please [edit] your question to include more info. Thanks. – slhck – 2013-02-26T12:40:57.370

Without knowing the brand and model of the laptop you will get only generic Change BIOS settings to boot from CD answers. – Bruno Pereira – 2013-02-26T15:59:08.233

Answers

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First in Bios you need to set the primary boot device as your CD-Drive.

Right now the Bios tries to load OS from your hard-drive-which has no Operating system.

Ajo Mathew

Posted 2013-02-26T11:38:52.147

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Setup your BIOS. Make it start from CD-ROM.

Matz

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