How to boot old laptop without original boot disck

[jas22]

Harddrive has been erased and original boot dicsk
Is unavialebl. What are my options?

Thank you

 

[willard]

You have exactly one option.

Install an operating system.

 

[alvine]

yeah you cant boot from an erased hard drive hurrr

 

[ram1009]

Install a fresh copy of the OS of your choice through the optical drive.