Reinstall Win95 after secure format

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Brett Erlandson - 30 Jul 2004 04:44 GMT

I performed a secure format on my old PC. Since then, I
am not able to assign a drive letter for the CD-ROM drive
from the bootable floppy DOS diskette. I attempted to
create the disks using the Herne utility but I think XP
has a problem running the 16-bit application. Is there a
quick way to assign a drive letter from the bootable
floppy for the hard drive and CD-ROM drive in order to
install Windows 95 from the CD?

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

Brett

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Kay Archer - 30 Jul 2004 06:41 GMT

> I performed a secure format on my old PC. Since then, I
> am not able to assign a drive letter for the CD-ROM drive
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> floppy for the hard drive and CD-ROM drive in order to
> install Windows 95 from the CD?

What is a "secure" format?

Have you tried using one of the utilities at www.bootdisk.com to create a
boot floppy?

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