i have mandrake 8.1 on cd, but the pc i want to put it on (comcrap) boots off the floppy at startup (and i can't get into the bios cuz i installed a new hdd which i did not put compaqs setup utility ...

Most business software sold these days either comes on a disc or is available on the Internet as an ISO image that you can burn to a CD or DVD. Nevertheless, many older applications or drivers may ...