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| 178094 | 2003-09-26 05:30:00 | Hi all, I've got an old PC an IBM that I am trying to install windows onto. It has been completely wiped, but when I put a CD in the tray it dosen't seem to know its there, it just says "Invalid system disk" (refering to a:). How am I going to install windows when I cant use the CD-ROM! Or more to to point, how do I get the CD-ROM working? Cheers, Ben |
Caesius (3758) | ||
| 178095 | 2003-09-26 05:50:00 | Windows 95 CDs aren't bootable. :D Most older PCs can't boot from CDs. :D What you need is a DOS boot disk (with a driver for the CDRom, and MSCDEX.exe), or a W98 boot floppy, which can handle a fair number of CD Roms. If it's much older (say with a Panasonic 563 with the Soundblaster interface, or one of the other proprietary interfaces) you might have other problems. There's a site which has lots of bootdisks ... it's probably called www.bootdisks.com/, but I could be wrong. Try "bootdisks download" to google. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 178096 | 2003-09-26 08:22:00 | what pc model is it? | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 178097 | 2003-09-26 08:29:00 | have you got the oem version of 95 from ibm or the actual full version out of the box? if it's out of the box post back and i might be able to help you. |
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