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| 436998 | 2006-03-09 15:56:00 | Hi, I have got the task of reinstalling an old persons Win 95. This is the problem with PC. On startup all that comes up is the windows blue desktop with the microsoft pic of the logo and windows 95,. but it wont move from this place only to report that mouse driver not detected.then .zilch.I have a windows 95 cd rom and the startup floppy, but I cannot find the dos prompt in the Setup. I see the enable either C:then A; or A:then C:. I would like to be able to get the dos to desktop to start all over.The I can follow the prompts to reinstall.Can someone run me through the setup so as to get started.The "starting windows 95 " appears but all that comes is the windows logo as I have said. Thank you for taking the time to read this (booklet) haha | steamman (82) | ||
| 436999 | 2006-03-09 18:59:00 | This is what I'd do. 1. Go into BIOS setup and check that boot order is A, then C. 2. Download a Win 95 boot disk with CDROM support from www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm, probably version B is what you want. The reason for this is that the original floppy if it is original is very old and could be dodgy. 3. Boot from the floppy and from the A prompt run format to re-format the HDD to remove all existing stuff. This will also then mark any bad sectors. You should check at this stage whether there is more than one partition, if there is will need to format each one separately, 4. Put the Win 95 CD in the drive, and from the DOS prompt type d:\setup, where d:\ is the cdrom drive, or whatever letter it is given. This should start the installation process, assuming that the PC hardware is all ok. Be aware that win 95 came in A, B and C flavours, version B probably being the most common. Version A is just not worth bothering with. Edit: at step 4, the command may be d:\win95\setup, I cant remember if the setup program is also on the root of the CD as well as in the Win95 folder. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 437000 | 2006-03-09 19:53:00 | If you have access to it, I'd recommend Windows 98, as drivers are a bit easier to come by. I guess you know Microsoft no longer supports Windows 95, and has threatened to stop support of Windows 98 this June. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 437001 | 2006-03-09 22:07:00 | May I ask what might be a stupid question. Has the owner changed the mouse?. Some newer mice do not work with WIN 95 as I found out when trying to replace the mouse on an old computer with WIN 95. If I remember correctly the problem was the computer did not have USB | FrankS (257) | ||
| 437002 | 2006-03-09 22:31:00 | Windows 95 versions A B and C? is that just like windows 98 and 98se? i was having a tidy up of my office the other day and found and un-opened windows 95 cd (with usb support) ! omg what is this new usb technology! |
Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 437003 | 2006-03-09 22:42:00 | Windows 95 versions A B and C? is that just like windows 98 and 98se? i was having a tidy up of my office the other day and found and un-opened windows 95 cd (with usb support) ! omg what is this new usb technology! Windows 95A was naturally the first edition on 95. It used FAT16 file system, and had no USB support. I think IBMs OS/2 was superior. Windows 95B was much better, I'm still running that on one computer :). It had FAT32 file system, and very limited USB support. Windows 95C had Internet Explorer 4 with a look and flavour of Windows 98 which was yet to come. Maybe the USB support was a bit better, but USB is and was pretty well useless in both B and C. USB didn't really come into its own until Win98SE. I wouldn't read too much into a mouse driver problem with an old win95 setup, it could just be corruption. The system must be pretty grotty by now. If the owner isn't able to re-install themselves, then it is very likely that little or no maintenance has been carried out on it either. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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