First post, by djsubtronic
Hi, I am trying to revive a 4/75CX. Seems like a common model around here for restoring, so I am hoping I am able to get some help.
The original HDD died, pretty sure the floppy drive is also dead.
I have tried a factory image for this model (from here: https://archive.org/details/compaqlteelite475cxwindows3.1.7z) on both a second 2 GB HDD from a different laptop, and a CompactFlash card using a CF-IDE adapter. However, I keep getting a message after the memory check saying "missing operating system" and nothing boots.
What I noticed though, I do get the blinking square on the top right (which I think indicates that the BIOS there?), but I cannot access the BIOS pressing F10 - I just immediately get the "missing operating system" message.
I've also tried creating an MS-DOS 6.22 image in VirtualBox and then writing that VHD to the HDD/CF but again, same error message (and no blinking square on top right with this image).
Any ideas on how I can get this to boot?