well there isn't much you can do
since the machine is incapacitated except
for floppies...

it seems that if you can access this newsgroup
then maybe you can access the parent website
to the pc and check out what features you have
on it, like hidden partitions or how to restore
your pc with the cds you have.

othewise, you can probably get onto the hd
via emergency boot up
disks off any other pc.

once inside you might check around for
an i386 folder and initiate winnt32.exe
and if im not mistaken you can launch the
revocery console by using the /cmdcons
switch with the above executiable.

If nothing seems to help,
then you might have to use someone elses winxp setup
disk and repair your o.s. or reinstall the o.s. with it. then
later you can change the keys...

<creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1167345220.456649.123860@n51g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I can't get passed this message, though. I can boot floppys, but the
> laptop I am on now does not have a floppy drive, so I cannot download
> the start-up disks...
>
> DatabaseBen wrote:
>> this sounds like an issue
>> required to be addressed by
>> the pc maker...
>>
>> check out the parent website
>> for faq's or technical support .
>>
>> you might have a hidden
>> partition with the installation files.
>>
>> <creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167340069.678542.52510@42g2000cwt.googlegrou ps.com...
>> > HI, I was just doing a system recovery on my C drive on my XP desktop.
>> > After using CD 1, I put in CD2 like it asked, then it came up with an
>> > error like: disk not compatable or something like the disk won't work
>> > (even though it was the correct disk!). Now when I boot up my desktop,
>> > it tells me that there is No Operating System found. PLEASE help in
>> > this problem- I would like to re-install Windows XP, but I do not have
>> > XP install disks because the computer came loaded with XP.
>> > *BTW- the computer has a D drive, I'm not sure if there are windows
>> > backup files on it, but C is the OS drive. THANK YOU!!!!
>> >
>