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re: Let's make a BOOTDISK
Friday, October 10, 2003 at 6:16 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Craig Jones
(4 messages posted)
Jerry
Everything went to plan the computer now show the following message "If you have
HPFS or NTFS installed on your hard drive, you will need to create an MS-DOS boot
partition to set up Windows"
Arggggggg I'm sorry to bother you again.
Craig.
On Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12:11 am, Jerry wrote:
>Hi Craig:
>
>First, were going to make a BOOTDISK. You will need access to a working computer
>with an Internet connection, and a blank 1.44MB floppy disk. Go to this site:
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>http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
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>and download the file for the version of Windows95 you want to install. Do not
put
>the downloaded file on the floppy disk. Your downloaded file will be either BOOT95A.EXE
>or BOOT95B.EXE, and you can put it on the Desktop, or any other convenient place
>on your friend's computer. (You can delete it later).
>
>Put your blank floppy disk in your friend's computer, and double-click on the downloaded
>file you put on the Desktop. This will make a BOOTDISK out of your blank floppy
>disk.
>
>Now, put the BOOTDISK in the broken computer while the power is OFF, then turn on
>the power. Watch the screen -- stuff will fly by. It should stop at "A:\>", and
>if you look back UP a few lines, you should see the word "BANANA".
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>If all this works, chances are your CDROM does too. It will be drive "R:".
>
>You should be able to put your Windows installation CD in the CDROM drive, and type
>"R:\SETUP", and press enter. The Windows installation should begin.
- Written in response to:
- Let's make a BOOTDISK (Jerry: Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12:11 am)
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| | | | | re: Let's make a BOOTDISK (Craig Jones: Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 6:16 am) |
| | | | | |  |  | I'm back (Jerry: Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 8:42 pm) |
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