Help With Restoring Master CD

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Besides needing more info such as restore cd#
unit serial number etc
Sounds like a Windows 311 system
with restore cd 170210
try the word generic for the format #
"Derbydoll" <derbydoll@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040815135912.05916.00003568@mb-m05.aol.com...
> I am at my wit's end trying to restore my master CD. I have an "older"
Packard
> Bell 486-DX2, Model LG20CD. A few years ago, while it was still under
> warranty, a tech came and put in a new hard drive. Well, I get all the
way to
> the screen to begin restoring from the master CD, the message then says "a
> valid format # was not found, please enter format number" So I enter the
new
> hard drive format # that the tech gave me, push enter and the number just
> disappears. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? If you can help me,
> please email me at Derbydoll@aol.com Thanks