Hi, thanks in advance for any help.
My parents gave me an old Dell XPS 210 that they were told had a harddrive failure. I've got a 500gb SATA that I used an HDD Enclosure to format with my laptop. I've also got a Vista 32bt re-installation DVD that came with the computer. I've went into the BIOs and set the boot order to read the DVD first, but what I get when I put the DVD in is a BOOTMGR is missing error. On the off chance that it was my disc, I downloaded a copy of Vista on ISO and burned a new disc with the intent of installing and trying to use the recovery disc that came with the computer to reinstall all the needed drivers and software. But I get the same error with the burned disc as well. I'm not exactly a computer expert, so please try to make your explanations as simple as possible.
My parents gave me an old Dell XPS 210 that they were told had a harddrive failure. I've got a 500gb SATA that I used an HDD Enclosure to format with my laptop. I've also got a Vista 32bt re-installation DVD that came with the computer. I've went into the BIOs and set the boot order to read the DVD first, but what I get when I put the DVD in is a BOOTMGR is missing error. On the off chance that it was my disc, I downloaded a copy of Vista on ISO and burned a new disc with the intent of installing and trying to use the recovery disc that came with the computer to reinstall all the needed drivers and software. But I get the same error with the burned disc as well. I'm not exactly a computer expert, so please try to make your explanations as simple as possible.