im trying to repair the pc of my friends from zero

HDD reformated

P4

He have this "Recovery CD" that was installed before and when he bought this pc the OS is built in without any cd included. thats why he make only recovery cd for future use

now im trying to install the cd (xp) "Recovery CD" but im getting this messages:

Boot from CD-ROM:

no emulation

cant install the windows...

what i must do?

thanks in advance

If you use nero to make your disc bootable (I find it better cos you don't have to make an iso) look at this screenshot and see if it corresponds.

http://tacktech.com/images/articles/297/create03.png

In the latest nero 6.x, there is platform identifier option though.

sorry i got problem with nero

i tried to reinstall it but no avail

is there any other option in this matter?

You mean you tried to reinstall nero or windows? If you use the latest nero6 (not sure about 7) then the screenshots will be a bit different.

Generally when no cd is included with the pc the restore image/info is stored on a hidden partition on the hdd. If you fully formatted the hdd you may have lost this data & rendered the pc non restorable.Suggest you contact the oem to obtain a cd.

You can contact M$ and if you've got details of your cd (ie serial, type etc) they can get your manufacturer to get you a new disc.

I thought on oem versions you were not even supposed call M$.

I did. They referred me to my manufacturer when I lost my s/n.

If you have the number then scrap M$.