Bootmgr message on a formated 160g hard drive

[tonymaciasiii]

Hello,
i just formatted my hard drive and have no operating system on it and im getting a bootmgr is missing mesage. can i still install an os on the hard drive or did i screw the pooch?

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

I guess you learned the hard way,

Formatting the hard drive ERASE everything on the computer, You have to reinstall windows or try to recover partition with software.

 

[popatim]

You have the bios set to boot from the harddrive and when it tried it cant find a bootable partition. Set the bios to boot from whatever your os is on (dvd, usb...) and insert the appropriate bootable media.