msi cr610 notebook won't boot from disk

[ursellamcman]

A friend in Croatia purchased a computer and I'm trying to set it up for her. It's a msi cr610 notebook whose online specs say it comes with Windows 7 Home Premium even though in the store they told us it has no OS but I can install Linux if I want.

The only thing resembling an owner's manual is a disk labeled "manual" so I guess that's it. I put the disk in and am prompted to press any key to boot the system. It appears to install windows, then I'm asked to choose a language. Next I get this:

"The system recovery file does not exist, and it might be already removed. If this is the first time you use this system, please contact your local distributor for further help."

I downloaded the manual from the link I gave you but it doesn't say anything about this. So now what?

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[Alan2273]

If the store told you it did not have Windows, was it sold cheaper, if so Linux is the only way to go.

[bludgard]

...So now what?

I say completely clean and reformat the HDD and then install whatever OS you desire.It would appear that whoever wiped the drive before you got your hands on it didn't do a very thorough job.

This is what I use to prepare for an install.Cleaning and formatting takes quite some time (this command line usually takes about 2 1/2-3 hours on a 250G HDD) so be patient if you decide to implement this.It may appear that nothing is going on,but it is.A blinking cursor "_" will be there to assure you that progress is being made.

Hit the ENTER key after each command.

DISKPART

LIST DISK (Generates a list of disks available)

SELECT DISK # (The "#" sign will be replaced by the disk number of your choice)

CLEAN ALL (Completely wipes disk and writes zeros to it)

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY (Creates a primary partition)

SELECT PARTITION 1 (Directs focus to newly created partition)

ACTIVE (Marks partition as active)

FORMAT (Formats the partition-if no format is chosen the default format will be invoked)

ASSIGN (Assigns a drive letter to selected patition)

EXIT

For further research:--->;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspx