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| Thread ID: 42617 | 2004-02-16 23:14:00 | Help with old laptop | Heather J (815) | Press F1 |
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| 216065 | 2004-02-21 01:02:00 | Thanks for the help so far, now another question - we have got hold of Win 95 on 21 floppy discs! no wonder CD roms were invented!! Do I need to load MS Dos then Windows 3.11 then Windows 95 or just load Windows 95 by itself. Thanks so much. Heather | Heather J (815) | ||
| 216066 | 2004-02-21 01:10:00 | If the W95 disks aren't marked as an "Update" version, just load disk1 and go ahead. If they are marked as an Update version, there's a quick workaround: mkdir c:\WINDOWS , then copy a file (any file ;-))to be c:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM . Then start with disk 1. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 216067 | 2004-02-21 01:24:00 | Thinking about it, Heather, make another directory on the hard disk "WIN95" and xcopy all the floppies into that. Then do the installation from that. It's much quicker, and you'll have the files there for future use. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 216068 | 2004-02-21 04:13:00 | If memory serves me right GL the floppy ver will keep on asking for disk drive a: with no option to change. But then again my memory is'nt as good as it once was :( | mark.p (383) | ||
| 216069 | 2004-02-22 00:42:00 | Doubless Heather will tell us. ;-) My memory is that installers look for files. Often they want a file on disk X called DISCX. Copying all the floppies into one directory means that file is there every time, therefore there's no reason to ask for another disk. WIN3.x comes on floppies. I have always copied all the disks into one directory on the HD and the installation runs perfectly. The W95 will look for WIN95_xx.CAB and if it's not there it will want a source for that. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 216070 | 2004-03-12 03:42:00 | Thanks so much for the help, due to family commitments we have just loaded Windows 95 and the Word processor from Office 4.3!! - takes you back a bit. Just image two nervous ladies putting in and ejecting floppy discs all over the place, but it all went well - My friend felt we should be wearing headscarfs as it felt quite Thelma and Louise -ish to us. Just one more question (but there may be more in the future) - the laptop has an external floppy drive, with a 26pins connection, can she connect/disconnect this while the computer is going? Thanks so much again Heather J |
Heather J (815) | ||
| 216071 | 2004-03-12 07:46:00 | > Just one more question (but there may be more in the future) - the laptop has an external floppy drive, with a 26pins connection, can she connect/disconnect this while the computer is going? Thanks so much again No. Close the computer down and turn it off before connecting or disconnecting anything except for USB devices and monitors. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 216072 | 2004-03-12 08:14:00 | Thanks so much Susan, I will pass that on. | Heather J (815) | ||
| 216073 | 2004-03-24 23:08:00 | My friend is having fun with the laptop, but finds the external FDD bulky. We talked it over and she purchased a PCMICA adapter for CompactFlash cards which is working well and now we need to know if she can insert and eject the CF card (or the adaptor with the card in) while the computer is running. I knew there would be more questions!!! Thanks | Heather J (815) | ||
| 216074 | 2004-03-25 00:20:00 | > we need to know if she can insert and eject the CF card (or the adaptor with the card in) while the computer is running. You can insert and eject the CF card while the computer is running but wait for someone else to advise about the adaptor. I think I would turn the computer off for that one but I could be wrong. |
Susan B (19) | ||
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