so, i inserted windows xp into the drive attempting to format, and re-install...
everything was running smoothly, until about half way through, it asked for the SP2 disc (i have xp pro WITH sp2 on the disc)... so obviously i didnt have the disc.
restarted, and tried again, but then, it didn't boot from the CD at all. it just went right into the installation again.
i took the hard drive out, and installed it on another comp. formatted, and ran the installation through comp#2, and everything worked fine.
switched the HD back to comp #1... no operating system found... wont boot from cd... nothing.
i checked the BIOS and its showing both the HD, and the CDrom drives exactly how they should be.
any suggestions? now im lost...
p.s. yes, the bios is set to boot from CD first.
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