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zooner_64   12-09-2011 at 04:37:16 PM

I have a Packard Bell Legend 300CD that was running Windows 3.1. I tried to restore to factory settings to give it someone else. It now starts to boot, flashes Windows 95 screen, then goes to a "C:\" prompt and no longer reconizes the CD drive. How can i get this working again? Was hoping to get it back to 3.1 but anyhting is better then this.

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PhilFrisbie   12-10-2011 at 06:45:04 AM

How did you restore it to Win 3.1? Win 3.1 needs drivers for most hardware like CDs, sound cards, network cards, etc.

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zooner_64   12-29-2011 at 07:55:25 PM

This computer was originaly Windows 3.1 and was running it. I tried to clear everything off it and get it back to factory setup. I used a "master CD library" disk that I had for it and the above happened. Don't understand were the 95 screen came from myself. Any help is most appriciated.

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Anonymous   12-29-2011 at 10:41:29 PM

AFAIK, Win 3.1 never came on CD, only floppies.

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JDFan   12-30-2011 at 09:33:40 PM

Anonymous wrote :

AFAIK, Win 3.1 never came on CD, only floppies.



Yep -- 8 3.5" floppies IIRC -- so about 11 -12MB for the entire install set so doubtful they would have released it on a CD since not many systems had CD drives at that point.


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