CD ROM Installation Problems

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Ben N - 05 Jul 2004 19:20 GMT

When installing Win95 on my PC the computer with the
Win95 CD Rom the computer says for the D Drive is
an 'invalid directory.' Our other computer (Win XP
laptop) doesn't have a floppy disk drive so we can't get
an updated startup disk. What do I do?

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Kay Archer - 05 Jul 2004 20:50 GMT

> When installing Win95 on my PC the computer with the
> Win95 CD Rom the computer says for the D Drive is
> an 'invalid directory.' Our other computer (Win XP
> laptop) doesn't have a floppy disk drive so we can't get
> an updated startup disk. What do I do?

Buy a USB floppy drive for the laptop.

Then use one of the utilities at www.bootdisk.com to create a
Windows 95 boot floppy. Your CD-ROM drive will then be r:

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