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| Thread ID: 38922 | 2003-10-22 03:54:00 | Problems installing Windows 95b | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 185579 | 2003-10-22 03:54:00 | A couple of places during the install, it comes up with an error about not being able to access or read drive A: It did this with no floppy, and it still did it. At the end of the install, it wanted to restart, but it said I had a floppy in, but I didnt. Does this mean that my floppy drive is dead or something? |
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| 185580 | 2003-10-22 03:59:00 | How are you trying to install Windows 95? With a CD installation disk? | tommy (2826) | ||
| 185581 | 2003-10-22 04:01:00 | Yup, with a CD. I installed windows, but now when i run it for the first time, it goes to Setting up Hardware for Plug and Play devices. But it seems to lock up here. Can I skip it, and do it manually or something? |
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| 185582 | 2003-10-22 07:06:00 | Strange - A wild guess, but try unplugging the power cable to your floppy, and see what happens. Can't do any harm. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 185583 | 2003-10-22 08:06:00 | Ha. Thats inside ay? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 185584 | 2003-10-22 09:00:00 | Yes. I assume that W95 installed OK but won't detect P & P devices. You could go into BIOS and disable this. Should not have to except, as a last resort. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 185585 | 2003-10-22 09:09:00 | wont that mean my monitor wont run? What type of stuff will not run with this turned off? |
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| 185586 | 2003-10-22 21:03:00 | Back to square one. Windows is installed & running ? Just hangs while trying to detect P & P ? With a slow CPU this can take a long time. Ignore my comment about the BIOS. What exactly is the problem ? Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 185587 | 2003-10-23 02:17:00 | A floppy isn't a Plug & Play device.B-) It's the fourth oldest dos device. (keyboard, screen, cassette, floppy :D) However, it might be an idea to disable the P&P support in the BIOS (if it's enabled; enable it if it's disabled ;-)) Plug and Play is a precursor of the USB cleverness. That is, it leads to lots of cursing. USB just does that faster. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 185588 | 2003-10-23 03:03:00 | What type of things are Plug and Play? If I turn that off, what stuff wont work? Ill give it a shot, first I have to reinstall again. |
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