Windows 95

hells3000

hells3000

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Ok so I got the I made a windows 95 bootdisk and I placed it on the floppy drive and then this
A/:

Whats happends next?

What commands do I use?
 
tlarkin said:
have you booted from the disk?

Try

autoexec

what happens?
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Ive only been able to boot the floppy

So I try a:/autoexec or c:/autoexec?

Ive read in places that I migth need the cd-rom drivers to be able to boot from it or I can make a floppy made by www.bootdisk.com that is made for that purpose..

But for now ill try autoexec
 
Tried auto and it says that MSCDEX Version 2.25 already in use

I-KILLED-U said:
wow its amazing how people still uses Windows 95 :eek:
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I am using it in a friends pc which he has only that version and does not really use hes pc much.. only for surfing.....
 
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And you people got lost there easy enough since not too many know about...? Alright all you "95 newbies" listen up! :P

First things first is learning..waaaaa.. whaat u say "dos commands"! For 95 you are limited to the first 2-2.5gb of drive space where the Fat16 dos primary has to be created first using... "fdisk"! (for those who use GParted that's a faster means there)

Upon seeing a new dos primary created the next step can done two ways. You can elect to see the basic dos system files transferred when formatting or use a separate "dos" command later. The format.com file found on the boot floppy supports 1) "format C:" and 2) "format C: /s" without quotes. The second command uses a "switch" to see the basic dos files copied onto the drive. If you use the format C: only then you later have to use the "sys C:" command. (kind of sounds like an MS pun there for not being smart. :P )

If you chose the startup with cd drive support option you are then ready to manually change from the a:> dos prompt to the d:> prompt for optical drive there unless more then one hard drive or optical is present. You do that by simply typing "a:>d:" and pressing the enter/return key "with" the keyboard plugged in since that really can help. At the d:> prompt simply type in setup or setup.exe and again press the enter/return key to see the 95 installer startup.
 
PC eye said:
And you people got lost there easy enough since not too many know about...? Alright all you "95 newbies" listen up! :P

First things first is learning..waaaaa.. whaat u say "dos commands"! For 95 you are limited to the first 2-2.5gb of drive space where the Fat16 dos primary has to be created first using... "fdisk"! (for those who use GParted that's a faster means there)

Upon seeing a new dos primary created the next step can done two ways. You can elect to see the basic dos system files transferred when formatting or use a separate "dos" command later. The format.com file found on the boot floppy supports 1) "format C:" and 2) "format C: /s" without quotes. The second command uses a "switch" to see the basic dos files copied onto the drive. If you use the format C: only then you later have to use the "sys C:" command. (kind of sounds like an MS pun there for not being smart. :P )

If you chose the startup with cd drive support option you are then ready to manually change from the a:> dos prompt to the d:> prompt for optical drive there unless more then one hard drive or optical is present. You do that by simply typing "a:>d:" and pressing the enter/return key "with" the keyboard plugged in since that really can help. At the d:> prompt simply type in setup or setup.exe and again press the enter/return key to see the 95 installer startup.
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I can't use gparted to format the drive cause no capabilities of booting from the cd-rom

Ive have not been able to get into the bios ive tries alt-esc-ctrl suppoused to work for compaq presarios and nothing..... (tried many others keys...)
I get an error key msg with a number before it


Using option 1 an 2 at formatting don't work

I think the hdd is not being detected.......

Ok just today I turned the pc on and it does that memory test....
After that the computer restarts infinite times doing the memory test then restarting....

tried esc which stops the memory test but then it restarts :/

Now I have no ability to boot from the floppy

Just my day......

Comments,idead,suggestion anything is welcomed to be posted on this issue!!!

Just help for Crying Out Loud

Other than that


Happy Holidays!!!!!!

--HBk---



P.S. Is there any formatting software that can be booted from the floppy?
 
If you are unable to get to the "A:>" dos prompt when booting from the 3 1/2" startup disk you won't be able to run the fdisk utility in order to create the 2gb or so max 16bit dos primary needed for 95 to go onto. The system may have the option by pressing one preassigned to select the floppy from the list of boot devices. But not being able to enter the bios setup is a big concern and could easily explain why the system is seeing restarts during the post tests.

The first item to look at on an old system seeing the loss of cmos information and problems booting besides a failing HD or corrupted bios programming is the $3 battery on the board itself going on you. Once that is looked at probably needing replacement with the correct number for the board there you may also need to replace old and hardened up ide and floppy cables. Flat ribbon are always fun especially when new ones can be bad when included with boards!

FDisk is the dos partitioning tool found on the startup floppy along with the format.com file and other basic dos type basics like MSDos.sys, IO.sys., and the few typically found on a 1.44mb floppy. GParted simply offers a more effective tool there with the Fat16 option available to make things less troublesome and more familiar to you.
 
PC eye said:
If you are unable to get to the "A:>" dos prompt when booting from the 3 1/2" startup disk you won't be able to run the fdisk utility in order to create the 2gb or so max 16bit dos primary needed for 95 to go onto. The system may have the option by pressing one preassigned to select the floppy from the list of boot devices. But not being able to enter the bios setup is a big concern and could easily explain why the system is seeing restarts during the post tests.

The first item to look at on an old system seeing the loss of cmos information and problems booting besides a failing HD or corrupted bios programming is the $3 battery on the board itself going on you. Once that is looked at probably needing replacement with the correct number for the board there you may also need to replace old and hardened up ide and floppy cables. Flat ribbon are always fun especially when new ones can be bad when included with boards!

FDisk is the dos partitioning tool found on the startup floppy along with the format.com file and other basic dos type basics like MSDos.sys, IO.sys., and the few typically found on a 1.44mb floppy. GParted simply offers a more effective tool there with the Fat16 option available to make things less troublesome and more familiar to you.
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I don't fail to get an a:/ I fail to get an c:/

The battery is welded to the board -_-

Just my day :/

I changed hdd's but it fails to be detected

I guess ill be welding for my first time....

Ill keep trying =D

be back with good/bad news...

Other than that cooments are welcomed
 
That's a real old board seeing the battery soldered onto it! I remember some of those while not running the systems for too long once getting into custom building. I forgot whether that was seen on an IBM I386 flat top style case or after bartering with a tech for the AST I486 also two 5 /14" floppy drived system I used later.

One of those saw a soldered battery. Or was it battery or capacitor? You could be looking at a cap instead. In regular use the cap would normally hold a charge for so many days until it discharger completely. Then you had to re-enter time and date and blah blah blah all over again! Glad those are long gone!
 
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