Win XP on my Laptop

[Fred]

Boy! am I in trouble...
IBM Thinkpad i series running (was!) Win XP Pro. The 'A' drive I know is
defective. I also know that the BIOS is set to Boot from CD.
Switch on.
IBM Logo appears then after a small wait it asks me to " Enter system
diskette and press Enter to reboot.
I have no system diskette but I do have two CDs. Product Recovery CD-ROM
and ThinkPad Customization CD both for this IBM ThinkPad i Series 1400.

I have attempted to use the Product Recovery CD-ROM without success. I have
got to the stage where it asks me to test the Recovery CD and I have
achieved this and it tells me all is ok.
I continue with the recovery instruction in the next menu. I have tried
menu two and three but they both return me to Starting Win95
1.English
and then through the same recovery info all over again.getting no further.

I have no valuable data on the machine and can try anything. I have my own
MS OFFICE which was on it now waiting to reload when I get the system up and
running.

Help please
Geranium

 

[Mike]

Fred

If you bought the computer as a second user item, you have not been given
the correct cd's to reload your system..

Mike