Dv9000 new hard drive wont boot

dv9000 had smart hd failure replace hd. did that now it wont boot from cd to recover from disks. All i get is operating system not found. Please help
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OK...after a lot of trial and error. It works.
Created iso from files I found online for vista home premium 64 bit
Then used wintoflash to make bootable flash stick.....fail. tried again on a my passport portable HD. Success!!!. Will boot from external HD but will not from a flash drive.

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Have you done a PRAM reset, CMDOption+pr...
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