DSKCHK problem

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NeedaComputer

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I am having trouble installing an old operating system (Win95) on an old machine. The machine was running Win2000 just fine for a long time.

-I partition the 14GB HD with a 4GB FAT16 primary.
-I format the partition format c:
-After format I get:
4,285,005,824 bytes total disk space
4,285,005,824 bytes available on disk

65,536 bytes in each allocation unit.
65,384 allocation units available on disk.

Volume Serial Number is 3E64-1201
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-I am left at the A:\> prompt, in which I immediately run CHKDSK c: with the following results:
Volume WIN95 created 07-18-2007 10:44a
Volume Serial Number is 3E64-1201

0 bytes total disk space
4,285,005,824 bytes available on disk

65.536 bytes in each allocation unit
65,384 total allocation units on disk
65,384 available allocation units on disk

655,360 total bytes memory
536,064 bytes free

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably detect and fix a much wider range of disk problems.
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At this point I can run x:\WIN95\setup.exe and can get to the blue screen SCANDISK:
<check> Media Descriptor
>> File allocation tables
Directory structure
File system
Surface scan
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It sticks at 0% at this point. I used to be able to select More Info and it would display "Out of Memory", but now it just gives me the More Info screen explaining the steps in scandisk.

This is where I am stuck, I cannot get past SCANDISK.
Thoughts and comments welcome. Thanks.
 
How long are you leaving it when it appears to hang?

Microsoft said:
If your computer hangs while ScanDisk is checking the hard disk for problems, Setup should return control of the computer to you after three minutes of inactivity. If Setup does not return control to you, run ScanDisk from the command prompt, and then run Setup again. If Setup continues to hang, run Setup with the /IS switch to prevent ScanDisk from running. When you do this, Setup runs Chkdsk.exe to check for cross-linked files.
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man I am stretching here from memory, try this at the command prompt

Code: 
scandisk c: /auto

what happens?
 
-I have left it on for a while and it sent me back to the command prompt. I forget the message, so I am letting it sit right now so I can report the message.

-I forgot to mention that I used the skip SCANDISK switch, /IS, and all I get is:
Windows Setup requires 7340032 bytes available on your C: drive.
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-Using SCANDISK C: /auto, yeilds the same 0% progress bar at the scandisk screen.

Thanks for the quick responses.
 
try setting the FAT16 partition as 2 gig instead of 4 gig

Also what release of 95 is it? If it was revision B or whatever it was called it should support FAT32 file systems.
 
I do not know the version.
Windows 95 CD has a Part No. 000-04404 206706

I used G-Parted to set partition and it automatically limited the partition size to the 4GB while using FAT16. I will try again manually setting it to 2GB.

Also, I set the 4GB partition flag to: boot.

The SCANDISK application is still on 0% after 15 minutes of inactivity.
 
I just partitioned the drive to 2GB FAT16 Bootable. I did not format the drive, instead I just ran chkdsk then scandisk and it is now performing a surface scan of the drive.
 
you may need to sys the drive. format c: /s to make it bootable.

You could also try this also after booting off a dos disk to rewrite the bootsector

fdisk /mbr
 
no problem, I think that win95 rev A had to be on 2gig FAT16 partitions and revision B had support for larger partitions and USB and there was a small release of rev C that added another thing but I can't remember.
 
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