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coldacrib

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Reboot big problemo
« on: November 24, 2007, 05:38:08 PM »
Hi All,
I am new here and by the looks of it to pc´s aswell!
My problem is I have a PB laptop C3300 Spanish version with original Spanish xp AMD-M home installed when purchased.
I had English XP installed over or instead of the Spanish version (paid some spiv to do it).
Now I want to restore to the original Spanish system.
I have the 3 master boot discs (no floppy)
when I try to reboot with disc 1 after a while of installing stuff I get a red? screen which tells me
Invalid COMMAND.COM
Enter correct name of command interpreter (eg, C:\command.com)

Also on the screen if it helps;

Image Name : YAPIC04H.GHO
Part Name : WSA000AB.04
Destination : 1:1
WSE Path : Q: \PARTS \WSE0008AA.XX
Sourse drive : Q
Current folder :
volume in drive Q is RECOVERYMED
Directory of Q:\PARTS \WSE0008AB.04

File not found 0 bytes free.

Can anyone help or knows what to do or point me in the right direction please

P.S. On the screen it states windows 98? even with the xp boot disc in?
Regards

patio

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Re: Reboot big problemo
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2007, 06:47:16 PM »
You are logged in to the recovery partition on that laptop HDD...
The info on the screen is telling you what is on that partition...a Ghost image of the original install on the laptop which was Win98.

Type C: and hit Enter
Then type dir /p and hit enter...the /p command lets you scroll down by using the spacebar. This will tell you what's on the partition that XP was installed onto.
If it looks like heirogliphics we have a problem.
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coldacrib

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Re: Reboot big problemo
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2007, 04:36:29 AM »
Thanks for the info I will try it now.
I live in Spain and want to sell it  with Spanish factory settings plus when I load English version I have lost some drivers which include Active mixer device and sounds & audio device. My CD/Dvd drive reads cds but will not play them
Can I download drivers or patches from the Packard Bell or any website ( free of course! )

Regards

konvict

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Re: Reboot big problemo
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2007, 07:14:38 AM »
yes you can download from those websites for free  8)  8)

coldacrib

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Re: Reboot big problemo
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2007, 12:26:17 PM »
I am now in the proccess of rebooting using  3 scratched master discs.
Disc 1 has been installed ok 
with disc 2 I have a
Device error code: 7696
DOS error code : 11
Read fault.

What can or should i do now?