Satellite A300 - Cannot start Windows and cannot repair it

hey
first i must say my englisch is not the best ;)
But i hope u undersrand my problem and can help me plz
Today i bought a A300 notebook
I have formatiert the second hard drive
Now i can start windows and i can't repair my system and install new windows
Please help me !!!!!
and sorry again for my bad englisch ^^

To be honest I dont understand your question
If you have formatted the second HDD this should not be a problem to start Windows.
Have you burned the recovery disk? Then boot from it and install the notebook.

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>... clean laptop with rescue disk from Toshiba Vista Home 32 bit x86
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