re: Boot disk.. um isn't working!
Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 6:42 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by HarryH
(1 messages posted)
Depending on the configuration of your PCs, a Win98 startup disk might not work on
a Win95 machine. Why not download a boot disk for Win95, by going here:
http://www.techadvice.com/W95/S/start-up_disk_w95.htm
If your PC won't start using this Win95 boot disk, you may have a hardware fault.
The memory RAM, for instance, might be damaged, which would prevent you booting.
Consider - Why were you originally forced to try booting from A:\? What was the error
you were getting when you tried to boot from C:\? The clue to the problem may be
if you can't boot from C:\ or from A:\, as that would indicate a bigger problem than
a faulty boot disk.
Is your system set up to boot from the CD-ROM? That is worth a try, if you have or
can get a bootable CD disk. Windows 98 disks are I think supposed to be bootable,
and you say you have Win98, so try using your master Win98 CD to boot your Win95
machine.
But it does sound rather like a hardware fault.
On Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 2:04 am, JmC wrote:
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>Anti-Virus programs. If you are using a known good boot disk from another
>system, be sure that any BIOS Virus scanners are disabled, as this alone can
>cause the boot disk to fail.
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