re: Trying to install windows 95 Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 7:03 am Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jen (2 messages posted) I'm having the same problem, but my computer won't boot using the 98 boot disk (I get the "non-system disk error"). What can I try next? On Thursday, June 20, 2002 at 3:53 am, Steve Easton wrote: >Start the machine with the 98 boot disk in the drive and the cd rom should be enabled >when it starts. Insert the 95 cd and type d:\ and hit enter. Type cd:\win95 and >hit enter, type setup and hit enter. Windows 95 install does not autorun, you have >to start it. Also, if your 95 cd is a "Companion" disk you can not do an install >with it as some of the necessary files are intentionally left out. ( cd:\ is the >change directory switch for DOS, it has nothing to do with the CD drive ) Also if >the drive has been formatted, you may need to install the dos files on it. From the >a:\ prompt with the floppy in the drive type: sys c: and hit enter. > > Written in response to: re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steve Easton: Thursday, June 20, 2002 at 3:53 am) Responses to this message: re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steve Easton: Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 8:57 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Trying to install windows 95 (Ben: Tue, Jun 18, 2002, 3:34 pm) re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steve Easton: Wed, Jun 19, 2002, 5:12 am) re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steven Marreel: Thu, Jun 20, 2002, 2:16 am) re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steve Easton: Thu, Jun 20, 2002, 3:53 am) re: Trying to install windows 95 (jen: Thu, Jun 27, 2002, 7:03 am) re: Trying to install windows 95 (Steve Easton: Thu, Jun 27, 2002, 8:57 am) re: Trying to install windows 95 (James: Mon, Sep 1, 2003, 10:41 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 95 Discussion Forum