can someone please help here

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> ive tried all that but it still comes up this is what it exactly says: boot
> from atapi cd:failure please insert system disk and press enter but evrytime
> i do it just keeps repeating the same but now it says to boot from floppy
> press any key and when i do it just repeats itself so any other suggestions
> thank you for your time p.s. i have made a startup boot disk ms-dos format
> please help me here i am going nuts.I would really appreciate alot of differnt ideas.Hey does anyone think this could be that my hard drive crashed

 

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>> ive tried all that but it still comes up this is what it exactly says:
>> boot from atapi cd:failure please insert system disk and press enter
>> but evrytime i do it just keeps repeating the same but now it says to
>> boot from floppy press any key and when i do it just repeats itself so
>> any other suggestions thank you for your time p.s. i have made a
>> startup boot disk ms-dos format please help me here i am going nuts.I
>> would really appreciate alot of differnt ideas.Hey does anyone think
>> this could be that my hard drive crashed
>
>

Look for info on installing console then boot off the xp cd and run fixmbr
and fixboot commands.