This old Packard Bell model "Axcel 43" is a 486 dx2-50 Mhz. It has a proprietary Panasonic/Matsus---a cd-rom plugged into the Aztech Galaxy Pro 16I sound card (serial # ends with 824) instead of plugging into the motherboard. Win 95 boot disk doesn't work since it can't find the cd-rom, cause the boot disk doesn't realize the sound card is between the cd-rom and the motherboard. I *think* I need win95 driver for the sound card, or win95 floppies, or win3.1 floppies to start there and then upgrade to win95. Because this old thing is a Packard Bell- they're defunct- I can't really find manufacturer support. Thanks for trying to help! Joe

Hi, It sounds as if you have a sound card with a CD-ROM controller built into its circuitry. The old double speed CDs were exlusively used in this manner I think? Anyway, see if you can determine the chipset used on that sound card, and then visit the AZTECH website to d/l the applicable driver. Good luck!

Just loaded one of those by pluggin the hard drive into another computer, copying the Win95 folder to it from the CD, reinstalling the drive, and running setup.

Thanks for the help. I've been to Aztech's site- chipset 2316- and will try loading the driver they have. I also went to Panasonic's site for the cr563 and got a 3.1/dos driver there. Maybe it will take care of things. I s'pose plugging the hard drive into another computer may be my recourse if all else fails. Thanks again!