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starbucker - 24 Mar 2004 04:56 GMT

when i put in my boot disk to reformat my win 95 it reads the floppy and comes up to the c prompt. what do i enter to get it to read the cd drive with the win 95 disk in it? i tried, run, setup, format, and none worked. i tried changing the drive to D: but it changes it and then changes back immediately. any ideas? thank you

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Kay Archer - 24 Mar 2004 05:42 GMT

> when i put in my boot disk to reformat my win 95 it reads the floppy and comes up to the c prompt. what do i enter to get it

to read the cd drive with the win 95 disk in it? i tried, run,
setup, format, and none worked. i tried changing the drive to D:
but it changes it and then changes back immediately. any ideas?
thank you

Windows 95 bootdisks do not ordinarily include cd-rom drivers.
The easiest way to create such a floppy is to use one of the
utilities on www.bootdisk.com to make a bootdisk. Unless you
have a proprietary controller or cd-rom drive this will give a
boot floppy that will make the cd-rom drive drive r:

P.S., If you are going to the c: prompt then your computer is not
booting from the floppy drive. You will need to make a change in
your BIOS settings to boot from a floppy.

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Jack Knight - 27 Mar 2004 01:26 GMT

Kay,
I have a similar problem, I keep getting message that i
am using an incorrect system disk, there are no disks (cd
or floppy in the drives, maybe it was shut off with on in
it, but now I ve tried to reboot using a cd and working
with setup, but to no avail. can you help me?
thx in advance if you can.
Jack

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