I am working on a Toshiba Satellite 2215 with Windows 98 preinstalled. The computer when turned on locks up at the Windows 98 logo screen. When I turn it off and try to open in safe mode it does the same thing. When I try to boot with my boot-disk it does nothing, just takes me through scan disk. So I tried to install Windows 98 upgrade, since I can't find my Windows 98 disk. When it starts copying files the computer locks up and says that it is missing files and can't copy. So, I have found a Windows 95 disk and I am trying to load that. I gets to about 31% of copying files and locks. Gives the following - File Copying Problem - You interrupted the setup of ....... (.cad) files. I tell it ok and you hear the motor running, but nothing happens. The error message comes up again. Then I try skip, same thing. I am deseperatly trying to get this computer up and running for my father. Do I need to clear the drive first, then install Windows 95? Also, I am semi-computer literate, so please give me step, by step instructions. Thanks in advance!

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(from Win98 to Win95, that is.)

Here are some sites offereing step-by-step Windows installation tips:
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/003.shtml
http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.php
http://www.netpathway.com/~kramer/reinstall.html
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/clean1.html
http://www.geocities.com/politalk/win95/install.htm

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Ok. I did the partitioning. When I went to format the drive - A:\>FORMAT C: /S. It says - WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! PROCEED WITH FORMAT (Y/N) - I say yes. It then says FORMATTING and stops at 2,047.34M @ 1 percent completed. Not Ready Format Terminated. What am I doing wrong, please help


On Thursday, April 8, 2004 at 9:33 pm, Jerry wrote:
>(from Win98 to Win95, that is.)

>
>Here are some sites offereing step-by-step Windows installation tips:
>
>http://freepctech.com/pc/001/003.shtml
>
>
>http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.php
>
>
>http://www.netpathway.com/~kramer/reinstall.html
>
>
>http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/clean1.html
>
>
>http://www.geocities.com/politalk/win95/install.htm
>

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Hi KC:

How big is your hard drive?

If it's bigger than 2GB, then you're going to have to use a Win95 "B" version BOOTDISK (with its FDISK program) to partition the hard drive into one partition bigger than 2GB. If you're using an "A" version bootdisk, that version can only "see" the first 2GB of any hard drive larger than 2GB (and stops there).

Another option for "A" version users is to partition a large hard drive into 2 or 3 separate 2GB partitions. More than 3 partitions can be set up using "logical" drives, but it gets a little messy.

Jerry

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It says its formatting 4,118.22M. I tried using the 95 (B) startup disk. THe computer wouldn't take it, it asked for the 98 diskette instead. I have tried to format it again and it is not doing anything. Says - not ready Format terminated. Help!


On Friday, April 9, 2004 at 8:35 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi KC:

>
>How big is your hard drive?

>
>If it's bigger than 2GB, then you're going to have to use a Win95 "B" version BOOTDISK
>(with its FDISK program) to partition the hard drive into one partition bigger than
>2GB. If you're using an "A" version bootdisk, that version can only "see" the first
>2GB of any hard drive larger than 2GB (and stops there).

>
>Another option for "A" version users is to partition a large hard drive into 2 or
>3 separate 2GB partitions. More than 3 partitions can be set up using "logical"
>drives, but it gets a little messy.

>
>Jerry

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Hi K.C.

When you run FDISK from whatever bookdisk works, is the FIRST screen you get the one that says "Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB."?

Jerry

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Yes, that is the first screen I see.


On Saturday, April 10, 2004 at 6:51 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi K.C.

>
>When you run FDISK from whatever bookdisk works, is the FIRST screen you get the
>one that says "Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB."?

>
>Jerry

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Okay -- I just wanted to be sure you were using the FDISK with the FAT32 option.

Have you tried the using the FORMAT.COM that comes with the Windows95-Version B bootdisk downloaded from this site:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Be sure to download the file to a place on a (working) computer, and not directly to a floppy. You have to RUN the downloaded program to CREATE the BOOTDISK from the blank floppy disk you will supply.

Then use the BOOTDISK to boot the broken computer by turning the power on while the bootdisk is in the computer. It will bring you to "A:\>" which is where you type "FORMAT C: /S". Good luck. Keep us posted.

Jerry

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