Resurrecting an old Compaq Contura.

[gymscat]

My sister-in-law arrived today for a visit and announce that she has a "project" for me
It's an old Compaq Contura 486 laptop that she would like to get working for her parents just for e-mail and word processing.
It has Win 3.1 on it and I would like to replace that with Win 95 and I think I have an old version of Word around somewhere.
Unfortunately it doesn't have a cd rom. Any ideas on how I can get it formatted and install the new os, etc.?
Tia for any info.

G.

 

[Toejam31]

I can think of a few possibilities:

Install a CD-ROM (depending on the mainboard.)

Download a copy of Win95A on floppy disks ... it originally shipped on floppy disks. <A HREF="http://www.massed.net/download_old/floppy/win95/" target="_new">Windows 95 Floppy Download</A>

Take the hard drive out, temporarily put it in another machine as the Primary master, format, and install Win95. Reinstall in the Compaq. Add the drivers.

See ya ...

Toejam31

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