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amiee - 11 Apr 2004 02:04 GMT

i have an old computer with no operating system. I have
win95 ready to install however when the cd rom is
inserted the computer doesn't recognise it. there is no
promt to enter set up. Its an omnibook4150 and when
turned on it asks to press f2 to enter setup. this takes
me to the computers specifications. any ideas?

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Alan Edwards - 11 Apr 2004 02:43 GMT

Get a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com

...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win95.setup, "amiee"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have an old computer with no operating system. I have
>win95 ready to install however when the cd rom is
>inserted the computer doesn't recognise it. there is no
>promt to enter set up. Its an omnibook4150 and when
>turned on it asks to press f2 to enter setup. this takes
>me to the computers specifications. any ideas?

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 11 Apr 2004 02:57 GMT

the computer doesn't have a floppy drive only
cd rom

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>Get a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com
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Jeff Richards - 11 Apr 2004 03:33 GMT

Before doing anything you need to get rid of the startup message. You may
need to set machine configuration and save the settings. If the settings
can't be saved then perhaps the motherboard battery is flat and needs to be
replaced.

The machine manufacturer may have specific instructions for configuring the
machine settings and for booting.

If you have CD writing hardware/software you may be able to make a bootable
CD from the bootdisk you got at that site. There's a link about halfway down
the page. Otherwise, you could try booting to any bootable CD (the W95 CD
probably isn't bootable) and once you have DOS up and running you can insert
the W95 CD and copy the setup folder from CD to hard disk. Then make the
hard disk bootable, and boot to it to run the setup program.

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> the computer doesn't have a floppy drive only
> cd rom

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 11 Apr 2004 03:48 GMT

burnt the boot disk, getting "operating system not found"
the disk isn't working

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Jeff Richards - 11 Apr 2004 04:03 GMT

Is the machine attempting to boot from the CD? If so, the message indicates
that the CD was not created correctly. Which procedure did you use to
create it? Does it work on a different machine?

Have you eliminated the message about pressing F2 to access setup?

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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> burnt the boot disk, getting "operating system not found"
> the disk isn't working

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 11 Apr 2004 04:24 GMT

i can hear the cd spinning and the computer starts as
normal. that message about f2 is gone. instead i just get
operating system not found. unsure if the cd works. will
try re burning it

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