I was recently chasing the same sort of info myself, about recovering a
Packard Bell system after the original HDD collapsed.
I didn't log the sites I found, but Google found a lot of stuff about
problems associated
with recovery attempts on PB systems, when the original equipment is no
longer in use.
If I understood what I read correctly, it seems like the original hard drive
had a snippet of code hidden on it, which has to co-ordinate with the CD
recovery program to work properly. Which would seem to indicate that
replacing a hard drive on a PB system might involve some complex work, if
you aim to use the recovery program.
I'll be trying it in a day or so, when the new HDD arrives, so I'll post any
progress.
Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Facory setting restore
> I had the misfortune to allow a repair shop to restore my hard disk to the
> factory settings because it hung when I tried. But they wiped the disk
and
> installed windows 95 from a non Packard Bell restore disk. A win 95 cd
was
> used.
>
> My problem is that the Packard Bell codes have now gone, so the
installation
> of my programmes such as ms office and ms publisher are without such files
as
> the page wizards and files that allow updates. It appears from my
research
> that I have all the necessary files and programmes on the Packard Bell
Master
> cd but I cannot access them.
>
> Does anyone know how I can access these files and restore my applications?
I
> seem to have windows 95 and not much else.
>
> With thanks and a Happy christmas to you all. Andrew Terry
>
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