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Win9x/ME - Compaq laptop 1685 will not boot
hi,

Found this old laptop, OS unknown.

will not boot up, just says "operating system not found".

went into setup, all items are shown as installed (HD, mem, CDdrive etc), I selected CD drive first boot, inserted winME Cd & rebooted, but still get same error.

Any help?

thanx ..........nick
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hi,

Found this old laptop, OS unknown.

will not boot up, just says "operating system not found".

went into setup, all items are shown as installed (HD, mem, CDdrive etc), I selected CD drive first boot, inserted winME Cd & rebooted, but still get same error.

Any help?

thanx ..........nick
I do believe ME needed a boot disc to get it to install
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Operating system not found means one of the foolowing:
There is no OS
The Bootloadeer is msiisng .

Of course there could be a boot loader and no os,
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My Windows ME disc boots straight out of the box, no launch disks etc. Its possible that the CD Drive is failing, try an xp or 98 disk
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Seriously do not install Windows 98 or ME. They have reached end-of-life, to the point where new security patches are no longer created, even for critical vulnerabilities. You're asking for pain on those systems.

I'm normally a windows guy, but when cannibalizing old hardware like that you're really better off going to a linux-based system.
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I like linux but if you are certain u want to go with windows, either use windows 2000(windows NT 5.0) or windows XP (NT 5.1). ME does crash a lot as my p3 550Mhz proved. i do like 2k tho, its basically xp without the gui, of course more features are missing too so dont blame me if u dont like 2k, i use it coz it's fast and stable on my p2 (400mhz)
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