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re: my start up disk or reboot disk problem have
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jan Carr
(8 messages posted)
Went got my newer computer out of the shop. Older one is going into the shop to have
what the CD do not work on. But my daughter will try her ideas how to reinstall
win 95,etc. If way to fix the DLL problem on IBM. But the update fixed the graphics
at least. Thanks Lee. Sincerely,Jan
On Monday, May 1, 2006 at 6:15 pm, Lee wrote:
>Hi, Jan. It appears that you have 95a, the 'a' part is not worth using as it won't
>do FAT32 file system which would have allowed you to have larger partitions than
>2 gig. 95b would do FAT32 and most users have left 95a long ago, I really hate
to
>see you trade Win2k for a 95b upgrade CD, did you ask him if he'll trade for something
>of real value like a second hard drive? Call and ASK as 95 CDs have no real value,
>I'm thinking you could buy 95b 'full' installation CD on ebay for $10 plus shipping
>IF one is ever put up for sale there.
>Please answer all of the questions given, not just the ones you know off hand, Chris
>will appreciate this too. And you are welcome if I forget to say that later.
>186 mb free space is marginal at best, you DO need more in the way of hard
>drive(s). Especially since you seem to be the type of user that downloads just
about
>everything - you need a lot more space than you currently have and the best way
to
>get it is using FAT32 file system on a larger hard drive.
>Win95 has the worst bootdisks ever, they often don't have on them the file himem.sys
>which 95 requires to be loaded in the config.sys file in order to run the Windows
>Installation setup.exe file so one can even install Windows. They also typically
>don't have a decent CDROM driver so one can't see or use the CD for Windows installation/reinstallation.
> See this thread
>for both issues. I recommend the 95 bootdisk from
>target="_new">http://www.bootdisk.com as it's CDROM driver is more accepting
>of various CDROM drives than most others. It has a more likely chance of working
>for you, but you should always test boot with your bootdisk to see if your CD is
>available before you format to reinstall Windows. You'll also need the ProductId
>or 'Key' number for the CD, before you do the format.
>I still need the total capacity of your hard drive, or hard drives if you have more
>than one - you didn't say, this is the second time I'm asking, please answer even
>with 'I don't know' if you can't find out.
>As Chris implied, don't get spastic or hurried when posting, take your time - the
>computer is there to serve you not the other way around, and we'll wait too. The
>more information you can give us (that we can understand), the better and faster
>we can help you get where you want to be - I don't understand what you mean or want
>sometimes... You hang in there and we'll get you going eventually.
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