Reinstall after HD crash

[fcoop]

Dell optima GX 280 Hard Drive crashed. Replaced HD and I can not get windows XP CD to boot.
When I select boot from Internal CD I get message boot device not avaliable. I remember I had to use some Dell CD on the original installation but I am unable to find the CDs . I down loaded the driver CD but they will not work as raw or .ISO files. They do not work on the one GX280 that still works.
Any Ideas?

 

[Emerald]

you can use any XP installation CD as long it matches the version you had on there before. just enter your key during the installation and use the driver CD to install the missing drivers.

 

[fcoop]

you can use any XP installation CD as long it matches the version you had on there before. just enter your key during the installation and use the driver CD to install the missing drivers.

There is no partition on the Hard Drive. There is no OS. I have tried XP two different CDs and get boot device not avalable. I am pretty sure this is a driver issue and there is a cd that I need to load before running the windows install disk. This may be somthing that is optima GX280 related?

 

[Emerald]

check the BIOS and make sure that in the boot order the CD-Rom drive comes before the Hard drive

 

[fcoop]

check the BIOS and make sure that in the boot order the CD-Rom drive comes before the Hard drive

The cdrom/USB internal is boot number one.

 

[Emerald]

do you have the option to use the F12 key to get to a Boot Menu?

 

[fcoop]

do you have the option to use the F12 key to get to a Boot Menu?

Yes and when I set it to internal cdrom the cd clicks 3 times and the device not avalable message comes up on screen . F1 to reboot F2 for setup menu.

There is a CD that needs to load basic drivers before you can install on the optima GX280. I need to find some place to get the stupid CD. The original CDs are missing/lost