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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / July 2003Problem w/ Windows 95 setup on my sons computer
I'm trying to reinstall a different copy of Windows 95 on my sons computer(Compaq Presario 2200).It says "sector reading drive A". I hit retry, and was asked if I would like to format drive C.I responded yes. Screen now reads "Divide error Invalid hard drive or read eror Please contact technical support! A:\> Also on the top of the screen it reads "following file missing or corrupted: HIMEM.SYS There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 1. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! The message suggests either that the BIOS has been set incorrectly or that the harddrive is unusual and requires special handling in some way. I would go into BIOS and reset it to the default values on the premise that these almost certainly describe the harddisk correctly. You might also consider consulting Compaq tech support. I have no personal experience with Compaq, but another technically knowledgeable person has said that Compaq often modifies Windows to suit its hardware, which might suggest that the hardware is not compatible with Microsoft's generic software. Bill Starbuck (MVP) |
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