I am seeing a message "error loading OS" on booting up,then PC stalls.Then I insert windows XP cd to boot up .
Can anybody help me through the steps to resolve this error so as i do not need to use a CD.

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hey Paul,
I think there will be more information in the screen would u just brief it

hey Paul,
I think there will be more information in the screen would u just brief it

Hi Thirumaran P and thanks for the reply,

Pri. master HDD smart capability ....Disabled
Pri. slave HDD smart capability ....Disabled

pci device listing...
bus no.device no. func. no. verdor/device class device class.......


veriying dm:pool data........
boot from cd:
error loading os_

this message appears because you try to boot up from the cd, go to your bios and in advanced settings change first boot devise from cd to hd, and would be ok!

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