Packard Bell/Fdisk/Format Reload Win95 no drivers

[Mark59]

Hi,
I wanted to load win95 onto a packard bell 486 computer running win for workgroups. I looked at the recovery disks and the multimedia cd and multi media master cd and thought I was going to be able to restore the system after I fdisk and format. After doing the fdisk and format the axcel 43cd packard bell does not recognize the cd nor will it allow me to do a restore with the disks. When I try to load win95 with the win 95 setup disk it tells me that it cannot load because I already have an operating system installed. The system is a Packard Bell Axcel 43cd multimedia computer with a intel 80486dx2-50 processor at 25/50 mhz, 4mb ram 420mb hdd. Phoenix bios v4.03.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Mark [sig][/sig]

 

[edfair]

You need to get the cd drivers from the 95 disk onto the hard drive that doesn't recognize the cd. Two files normally involved, the driver in config.sys and mscdex in your autoexec.bat.
But you may run into problems since the operating systems are different.
As far as the existing operating system blocking the 95 install, I've noticed that several of the 95s will load from the point you have a valid partition. Try deleting the partition with fdisk , then partition it, then try loading the 95. [sig]<p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: efair@atlnet.com> efair@atlnet.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. <br>
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[jsauce]

These old Packard Bells come with not only the Master CD, but they also come with a floppy disk. The floppy is used to load the computer delete the existing partition, format the drive and re-install everything back on to the drive. Its an emergency recovery disk. [sig]<p>John D. Saucier<br><a href=mailto:jsauce@netadvances.com>jsauce@netadvances.com</a><br>jsauce@diablo2.com<br>
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[LONELUVR]

Hi, I didnt know there were special disks for PBElls, and i formatted and tried to load win95, but it cant find the cdrom which is connected to the sound card,, since it appears that i will need these disks, does any one know where i can get some for a LEGEND 650X SUPREME ?? Besides packard bell, i cant seem to get through on there numbers and there website is useless.
any help will be appreciated,,, thanks
steve

 

[ashobe]

You can download a generic CD-ROM driver from

http://www.windrivers.com

for the PB. It worked for me quite a while back when I had one. If the sound card is an embedded one with the modem, all I can recommend is just by a new inexpensive one. You'll be glad you did in the long run. The PB integrated sound and modem is a real dog and you can spend hours of frustration trying to set it up right. Just my 2C worth