You need to change the first boot device in the BIOS, to boot from the CD
ROM
Otherwise, the PC just tries to boot from the blank HDD regardless of the XP
CD in the drive.
HTH
"Kim Van Meter" wrote in message
...
I have a Pentium II 350 MHz w/4 mb harddrive I received from my
employer but had to be completely reformatted due to licensing.

I purchased a full version of Window Home Version XP only to find out
when I put the CD into the drive to load on the computerI got the
same error BOOT DISK FAILURE ENTER SYSTEM DISK

I do not have an emergency boot disk for this computer -- is there any
help you can give me.

Trying to get a workable system together so young grandson (3) can
learn how to use the computer and access learning software.

Your assistance is greatly apprecated! :lol:

kv

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