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Martin - 22 May 2004 12:23 GMT

I have been given an old computer that had been running Win95. The owner
had erased the HD and left it formatted. I also have the original Win95 CD.
I would like to first put back the 95, but I haven't been able to get the CD
to boot. I have been told that I need to first make a starter/boot disk
that would get the CD running.

I'd appreciate any help on how to make up a starter disk and how it is used.
I am using another computer with Win98, and might eventually want to install
an upgrade Win98 CD that I have on this old computer.

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Ben Myers - 22 May 2004 12:43 GMT

See http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

> I have been given an old computer that had been running Win95. The owner
> had erased the HD and left it formatted. I also have the original Win95 CD.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I am using another computer with Win98, and might eventually want to install
> an upgrade Win98 CD that I have on this old computer.

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Alan Edwards - 22 May 2004 12:53 GMT

Try www.bootdisk.com

...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win95.setup, "Martin" <Jake14@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>I have been given an old computer that had been running Win95. The owner
>had erased the HD and left it formatted. I also have the original Win95 CD.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>I am using another computer with Win98, and might eventually want to install
>an upgrade Win98 CD that I have on this old computer.

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Jeno! - 29 May 2004 02:46 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>I have been given an old computer that had been running Win95. The owner
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>an upgrade Win98 CD that I have on this old computer.
>Martin - you can create a win98 boot disk from the w98

computer, then put the w98 boot disk in the old computer,
change the boot sequence in setup to A then C, and start
the boot sequence. You will eventually get a screen that
asks if you want to start with CD-ROM support, which you
will click yes. Put your w95 disk in and hope the startup
program recognizes your CD-rom, if not you will get a
message like "no drives present" in which case you will
be screwed!

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