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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / May 2004lost windows '95 start-up disks
My computer has been off and unplugged for 4 months and it won't come back and it tells me I need to load a disk ,which I've lost. If you could help me out I'd appreciate it as the kids use this for school. Thank You. > My computer has been off and unplugged for 4 months and it > won't come back and it tells me I need to load a disk > ,which I've lost. If you could help me out I'd appreciate > it as the kids use this for school. Thank You. Carl: What Kind of disk does it ask for??? If it is asking for a "System Disk" it is possible the battery that maintains the clock and hardware descriptions is dead. Watch the screen during the start process and look for a message something like 'Press Del to Enter Setup" If you hit the "Del" key befort it gets too far along you will be dumped into the BIOS setup program. See if the clock and date are incorrect. If so the battery is dead and will have to be replaced. After it is replaced you will have to enter setup again and use the "Auto Detect Hard Drive Parameters" (or simular) function to properly identify your hard drive to the system. If you are luckey you should be able to boot normaly after that. HTH & GL John  Signature\\\\\// "Don't take life so seriously... | | ...it's only a temporary condition." (.) (.) ========================================oOO==(_)==OOo== ________________________________ | John G. Dulak | | Gnomeway Services | /)| E-mail me from my home page at:|(\ / )| telerama.com/~jdulak |( \ _( (|________________________________|) )_ ((( \ \ > /_) ( \ < / / ))) (\\\ \ \_/ / \ \_/ / ///) \ / \ / \ _/ \_ / / / \ \ >-----Original Message----- >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > John is telling me that there is a equipment conflick on port 1 .?????? Carl > >. > >Thanks John, My battery is good and the clocks right.It > is telling me that there is a equipment conflick on port 1 > .?????? Carl Carl: "Port 1" sounds like a "Comm Port' a.k.a. a serial port. Older mice and modems are serial devices and if they try to use the same port settings SOMETHING will not work. Wouldn't usually keep you from booting though. Have you changed the mouse or where it is plugged into after it was in storage? If all else fails you can reduce the system to the absolutely minimum needed to boot to DOS from a floppy. This usually means removing sound cards, CD-drives, modems, and anything else not needed. Once you can get to a DOS prompt from a floppy you can start reinstalling things till the error reoccures and then you know what to investigate. John Signature\\\\\// "Don't take life so seriously... | | ...it's only a temporary condition." (.) (.) ========================================oOO==(_)==OOo== ________________________________ | John G. Dulak | | Gnomeway Services | /)| E-mail me from my home page at:|(\ / )| telerama.com/~jdulak |( \ _( (|________________________________|) )_ ((( \ \ > /_) ( \ < / / ))) (\\\ \ \_/ / \ \_/ / ///) \ / \ / \ _/ \_ / / / \ \ >-----Original Message----- >My computer has been off and unplugged for 4 months and it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >. >I am having the same problems, where did you get another win 95 start up disk. JCooks226@aol.com |
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