Hi, I've been playing around with a few linux os's on my first pc a packard bell. I now would like to give this machine to a member of my family,but I'd like my win/xp home reinstalled. The os was already installed so once wiped it I had no disc to reinstall. I had to phone Holland ,order and pay for four discs. I have the discs but the machine refuses to read them.I tried my xp pro only so far, but it was doing the business.Then I wiped the hdd again. Why won't it accept these discs? Has anyone any suggestions?(apart from throw it out the window)
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Formatted HDD of packard bell machine
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xgsound
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This information is from memory, old, and not my personal experience. It was very common to hear complaints about the restore CDs from packard Bell. Thier inventory process to get the proper CDs was a nightmare, and always took numerous tries to get the right discs from them. Even then it appeared to be an accident.
That said, any retail or OEM OS should install, but who wants to pay $$ to fix a Packard Bell to give away? That is the quandry you are left with. Figure out a way to get it running and get that relative into the 21st century.
Jim
That said, any retail or OEM OS should install, but who wants to pay $$ to fix a Packard Bell to give away? That is the quandry you are left with. Figure out a way to get it running and get that relative into the 21st century.
Jim
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corkyg, I can't use Linux really, so I thought it would be too much for a child. Yes she can still e-mail and use the net so there's something in what you say.
xgsound, I used a tool called Master CD maker I think it's called a P/B invention and d/loaded whatever was on the HDD to four discs and they didn't work either. Anyhow many thanks for replies.
corkyg, I can't use Linux really, so I thought it would be too much for a child. Yes she can still e-mail and use the net so there's something in what you say.
xgsound, I used a tool called Master CD maker I think it's called a P/B invention and d/loaded whatever was on the HDD to four discs and they didn't work either. Anyhow many thanks for replies.
Wow! Pretty interesting.
OK, the problem could be with how you formatted and partitioned the drive. You'll need to make sure that it is formatted in NTFS or FAT32 and that the partition (there may only be one) that you want to use to install Windows is the Primary partition and is active.
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