For win 95 on a IBM computer. Has the uninstall feature on it but when click onto says cannot do as no earlier files. How to do the reformat procedure? And reinstall Win 95? Can someone e mail me the how 2 to do. Am told bit involved. To do correctly. valleygirl99@wmconnect.com Have books win 95 and 98 for Dummies, and Secret guide to computers 2000 ed. by Russ Walter. Does not cover this procedure. But as Kernel32 DLL and problem in internet ex. 5.5 ,no graphics need to try a reformat and reinstall win 95. Till I get my other newer tower out of shop in June using and fixing this one for my use,and then can give to my grandson as gift in June. Thanks to all who are not novice at this as I am. Unable to download virus protection on line or from a CD till reinstall 95. Jan C

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Jan Sweetie, yer still spazzin. OK I'll email tomorrow. Er, in  a few hours k? 

Just relax. ok? we'll get it straightened out. First though, DO YOU HAVE THE WINDOWS 
95 CD? NOT THE WINDOWS 95 UPGRADE CD. BUT THE STRAIGHT INSTALL CD? 









On Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 11:58 pm, Jan Carr wrote:

>For win 95 on a IBM computer. Has the uninstall  feature on it but when click onto 

>says cannot do as no earlier files. How to do the reformat procedure? And reinstall 

>Win 95? Can someone e mail me the how 2 to do. Am told bit involved. To do correctly. 

>valleygirl99@wmconnect.com  Have books win 95 and 98 for Dummies, and Secret guide 

>to computers 2000 ed. by Russ Walter.  Does not cover this procedure.  But as Kernel32 

>DLL and problem in internet ex. 5.5 ,no graphics need to try a reformat and reinstall 

>win 95.  Till I get my other newer tower out of shop in June using and fixing this 

>one for my use,and then can give to my grandson as gift in June. Thanks to all who 

>are not novice at this as I am. Unable to download virus protection on line or from 

>a CD till reinstall 95. Jan C 

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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 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.


On Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 11:58 pm, Jan Carr wrote:
>For win 95 on a IBM computer. Has the uninstall feature on it but when click onto
>says cannot do as no earlier files. How to do the reformat procedure? And reinstall
>Win 95? Can someone e mail me the how 2 to do. Am told bit involved. To do correctly.
>valleygirl99@wmconnect.com Have books win 95 and 98 for Dummies, and Secret guide
>to computers 2000 ed. by Russ Walter. Does not cover this procedure. But as Kernel32
>DLL and problem in internet ex. 5.5 ,no graphics need to try a reformat and reinstall
>win 95. Till I get my other newer tower out of shop in June using and fixing this
>one for my use,and then can give to my grandson as gift in June. Thanks to all who
>are not novice at this as I am. Unable to download virus protection on line or from
>a CD till reinstall 95. Jan C

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Traded Win 2000 for Win 95 and 95 upgrade. Fixed most of problems. But some on original win 95 still not fixed. Into shop she will go. Got my other Tower out today. But still need to continue on getting her fixed for my favorate grandkids and their mom by June, But she wants to try to fix before goes into shop for $50.00 fix. Thanks. Jan C.


On Monday, May 1, 2006 at 12:34 am, Chris wrote:
>Jan Sweetie, yer still spazzin. OK I'll email tomorrow. Er, in a few hours k?
>
>Just relax. ok? we'll get it straightened out. First though, DO YOU HAVE THE WINDOWS
>95 CD? NOT THE WINDOWS 95 UPGRADE CD. BUT THE STRAIGHT INSTALL CD?
>
>
>
>
>

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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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Chris I now have both. Win 95 and upgrade. My daughter will pick up IBM and the 2,do what thinks will fix it or put in the shop. One using now is HP with 128 ram and Win XP. Sincerely, Jan======


On Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 11:58 pm, Jan Carr wrote:
>For win 95 on a IBM computer. Has the uninstall feature on it but when click onto
>says cannot do as no earlier files. How to do the reformat procedure? And reinstall
>Win 95? Can someone e mail me the how 2 to do. Am told bit involved. To do correctly.
>valleygirl99@wmconnect.com Have books win 95 and 98 for Dummies, and Secret guide
>to computers 2000 ed. by Russ Walter. Does not cover this procedure. But as Kernel32
>DLL and problem in internet ex. 5.5 ,no graphics need to try a reformat and reinstall
>win 95. Till I get my other newer tower out of shop in June using and fixing this
>one for my use,and then can give to my grandson as gift in June. Thanks to all who
>are not novice at this as I am. Unable to download virus protection on line or from
>a CD till reinstall 95. Jan C

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Probably best to format and reinstall 95 on that system. Give your family member 
a clean system when you give it away. 

First thing is go to www.bootdisk.com and download the 98se bootdisk with cdrom support. 
Yes, I know its not the 95 bootdisk, but its the one you want. Then we'll take it 
from there. Sorry this is brief. I got some kinda flu or something. 







On Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 11:50 pm, Jan Carr wrote:

>Chris I now have both. Win 95 and upgrade. My daughter will pick up IBM and the 
2,do 

>what thinks will fix it or put in the shop. One using now is HP with 128 ram and 

>Win XP. Sincerely, Jan======

>

>

> 

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Just did just that. And dropped other Pro Gen bought and own to shop. Had problems start up. To Chris, Thanks. Jan C.=======


On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 10:22 am, Chris wrote:
>Probably best to format and reinstall 95 on that system. Give your family member
>a clean system when you give it away.
>
>First thing is go to www.bootdisk.com and download the 98se bootdisk with cdrom support.
>Yes, I know its not the 95 bootdisk, but its the one you want. Then we'll take it
>from there. Sorry this is brief. I got some kinda flu or something.
>
>
>

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You lost me. What happened? The shop reformatted and reinstalled 95? 







On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 5:07 pm, Jan Carr wrote:

>Just did just that. And dropped other Pro Gen bought and own to shop. Had problems 

>start up. To Chris, Thanks. Jan C.=======

>

>

> 

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She got a win reboot(start up disk) 98 as win 95 would not work. And it began to download win 95. Beats me on that. She has to next upgtade to 98 so can download her HP printer. It says on CD only 98 and up. Thanks (mysterylady99016@yahoo.com) Problem her 98 which has code was stolen plus other stuff from her car and apt. while back. Up grade 98 I had did not have product code. Came with computer plus a 95 recovery disk which did have code on system file info. on computer. Had wrote down in my win. for dummies. Thanks again. Jan C.


On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 5:16 pm, Chris wrote:
>You lost me. What happened? The shop reformatted and reinstalled 95?
>
>
>

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