* An ongoing debate between Ed Vance and Ben Ritchey rages on ...   
      
    EV> I don't know if the BIOS has software to drive the LCD Display when   
    EV> the pc is turned On? I'm guessing that may be the HDD has to have the   
    EV> W95 Video Drivers on it to show the BIOS Setting on the Display when I   
    EV> turn the notebook On?????   
      
   Yes, it does. No drivers needed ...   
      
    EV> As mentioned, I may have broken a wire in one of the Flat Cables   
    EV> inside the W95 pc, I hope not. I tried being very careful while inside   
    EV> the Notebook, because I never have took one apart to Service it, and   
    EV> those flat cables looked very delicate.   
      
   They are pretty tough actually :) but can come loose ...   
      
    EV> If my efforts fail and I can't get the files needed on Your HDD, I   
    EV> might send the HDD back to You with the Acer Recovery CD and Windows   
    EV> 95 CD that came with the notebook to see if You have any success.   
      
   That won't work unless I have the laptop itself :(  What I CAN do is clone the    
   old HD onto the new HD for you if that would help ... I use Clonezilla :)   
      
    EV> Another Thought, I've made ISO's of both of the CD's.   
    EV> The Recovery CD is 400MB, the Windows 95 CD is 625MB.   
    EV> I'm not sure if a file of that size can be sent as an attachment in   
    EV> Email? Anyway that is the other thought I had instead of mailing the   
    EV> two CD's with the HDD.   
      
   Too big lol   
      
    EV> I heard about the Flooding in Louisiana, hope You and Yours aren't   
    EV> affected by it.   
      
   My sister had water up to her knees inside her house :( but I am on high   
   ground    
   so I escaped the flood :)   
      
    EV> Also if You don't have the time to play with my w95 project I will   
      
   I have the time, if the old HD is viable enough to clone I can help you :) I    
   have both Win95 and Win98 CDs but without the laptop I dunno ... I do have a    
   utility that will pre-install a Windows CD/DVD onto a USB drive if that works   
   I    
   could try it but it's designed for newer Wins so that's just a maybe {chuckle}    
   personally when I get an older laptop like yours I just salvage the usable    
   parts and file-13 the rest! You're a brave soul tinkering with same lol   
      
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