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thanks
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jim
(2 messages posted)
Thanks guys
I managed to get things going smoothly... It booted up nicely!
On Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:48 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Hi Jim.
>
>Its always advisable to do a clean install of any operating system. You need Boot
>Disk with CD Rom drivers.
>
>If your Win98 boot disk has CD Rom drivers then you are ok. You will need Format.com
>to wipe the drive clean and check for errors.
>
>If its partially installed Win98 then start you computer up in DOS mode by hold
down
>the Ctrl key as it boots. Select Command Prompt Only. Type cd c:\windows\command
>then Dir *.com to see if Format.com is in there. If it shows up the type
Copy
>Format.com A: While you are in that folder you can Copy Fdisk.exe A:.
>Copy these 2 files on to your boot disk.
>
>If you've use the boot disk before then the BIOS is set to boot from floppy first.
>Restart you comp with the boot disk inserted. When it shows A:\ put the Win98 CD
>in the drive and type D: and enter or what ever the drive letter is. At the D:\
just
>type Dir to list the files on the CD root. If they list ok the go back to
>the floppy disk A: and type Format C: and follow the instructions.
>Once formatted change back the D: and just type Setup to start the Win98
install.
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- re: Win 95 STARTUP issue (Keith Stanier: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:48 am)
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