Win95 installation problem

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TimT - 01 Dec 2003 03:31 GMT

I'm trying to install Win95 (cd) on an old formatted Dell laptop. I'm able to use boot floppy to get to DOS (Win95 cd won't boot), but when I put the Win95 cd in, I haven't been able to access the "setup" file to install. Tried typing D:\win95\setup, D:\setup, looked through directories on CD, but can't find or access. The CD says its for new computer installation. What am I doing wrong

TimT

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philo - 01 Dec 2003 11:46 GMT

> I'm trying to install Win95 (cd) on an old formatted Dell laptop. I'm able to use boot floppy to get to DOS (Win95 cd won't boot), but when I put

the Win95 cd in, I haven't been able to access the "setup" file to install.
Tried typing D:\win95\setup, D:\setup, looked through directories on CD, but
can't find or access. The CD says its for new computer installation. What am
I doing wrong?

> TimT

you need a cd support boot floppy

you can get one from www.bootdisk.com (it will assign the letter R: to
your cd)

note: your laptop *might* require a special boot disk specific to it;s
hardware
but it won;t hurt to try a standard cd support floppy

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Ben Myers - 04 Dec 2003 01:17 GMT

You may have a "companion" CD. See
http://www.netpathway.com/~kramer/companion.html

Ben

> I'm trying to install Win95 (cd) on an old formatted Dell laptop. I'm able to use boot floppy to get to DOS (Win95 cd won't boot), but when I put the Win95 cd in, I haven't been able to access the "setup" file to install. Tried typing D:\win95\setup, D:\setup, looked through directories on CD, but can't find or access. The CD says its for new computer installation. What am I doing wrong?
>
> TimT

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