“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".

In the future please edit your question to include more info. Thanks. — slhck, Feb 26 '13 at 12:40
Without knowing the brand and model of the laptop you will get only generic Change BIOS settings to boot from CD answers. — Bruno Pereira, Feb 26 '13 at 15:59

Ajo Mathew · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26 12:46:08Z

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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.

answered Feb 26 '13 at 12:46

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slhck · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26 14:18:33Z

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

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answered Feb 26 '13 at 12:47

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