PCBUILD Archives

Personal Computer Hardware discussion List

PCBUILD@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Hal Trachtenberg <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:37:40 -0500
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (32 lines)
> OK, here goes, my girlfriend, on the advice of a friend, decided to try
and
> fix a problem with her Packard Bell Legend 2440. She deleted her OS and
> tried to reformat the HD. The old OS was Win 95. She tried to install Win
> 98. She did not save any of the driver information from the original OS
and
> the new ( necessary ) cd-rom driver is not on the 98 bootdisk.
> I have tried to find the necessary driver on the net with absolutely no
> luck. I cannot access any of the information from the computer because
> there is not an OS on the hard drive.
> I have have tried to do a clean install ( partition, format ) with no luck
> because, as I have mentioned earlier, the 98 bootdisk does not include the
> necessary CD-Rom driver (I am not even sure of the make of the CD-Rom is).
> What should I do?
> Is there a solution?
> This is all the information I have about her computer:
> Packard Bell Legend 2440
> Ser.# N069036717
> Phoenix Bios 4.04
> Agoura Release 1.17
> I have done the best I can and am at my wits end. Any information will be
> immensely valued.Thank you .


A good place to start would be to go to
http://jason-n3xt.org/dos/#OTHERDISKS and download a copy of the boot disk
that is needed.

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml

ATOM RSS1 RSS2