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I've a AMD K-3 450, 2 GB HD, 256MB SDRAM, 44X CD-ROM Drive.
After Fdisk and reformatted from windows 98 cannot install windows 95, cannot find MSCDEX.EXE!!
Any one, where can I get Dos 6.2 to install windows 95 or any other ways to install windows 95???
Thanks in advance:}
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"BootDisk.com" is a good source for acquiring a copy of an EBD/Startup disk for the particular version of Windows.
After install windows 95 restart computer. "Windows protection error, you need to restart your computer. Restart it goes to Safe Mode???
What should I do???
It can happen on Windows 95 on "fast" CPUs. It can happen for far too many hardware issues. I don't recall what hardware you have and how old it is, but you may be facing one or the other issue.
Not that it will survive on the internet very long with 95. At least you know the issue and won't use Internet Explorer or Outlook...
Bob
Fdisk shown my Total disk space is 6150 Mbytes
I deleted every partition and try to create Pri dos it cannot use the total of 6150 Mbytes, only allow 2047 Mbytes 33% of the total space??
Why???
Please help!!
Thanks
The stock 95 used FAT16 and as such, you can create 2 gigabyte partitions. In your case, you create 2 more partitions (and format them.)
FAT32 showed up later.
You are dealing with a very old OS.
Bob
Worth noting is that with the Microsoft Code Leak, the Internet Explorer that runs on 95 is at most version 5.5.
That version is now explotable and after all your hard work of getting Windows 95 up and running, you may see it go down again if you browse the wrong web site.
There is no cure, but you should know about the issue so your expectations are kept low.
Bob
Cannot install the patch for windows protection error, error messeage appear every restart of computer?
The download cannot be install in MS-dos.
Need help!!
This area is strictly for experts it seems and high wire technologists.
The answer is to run the PC at 200 or so MHz to get the patch in. I pity the poor user that gets such a machine since they may never know how to do this.
Are you writing an installation manual so the owner can retrace the install steps?
Bob
He indicates that he could only use 2 gig partitions which indicates an early version of Win 95 but the patch is for OSR2 versions with which FAT32 capability was included.
BTDT too many times. If we go back over the poster's other postings, it's a shame to see them struggle so. My bet is they are still trying to get some old chess game working. But that's their choice.
Remember that in 1995, "dos-heads" still roamed the cities, but today, finding someone to install 95 correctly may find more grey hairs or none and failing memories. Nothing was ever done to make installing Windows easy.
Bob
So sorry, as I'm a newbies, I don't think I know how to do that! Thank for your replied again Bob.
is not the most easy thing to do for newbies.
I suggest you try another game that runs on Windows 98, or find an old cheap Windows 95 machine on eBay. They must be practically free by now, especially if you only need the box itself, and not a monitor.
Kees
Thanks, I'll do what you suggest. but any problems with old system that display to LCD screen.
My LCD screen screen came with calibrating software to adapt it to the details of different video adapters. There's not a single reason why it shouldn't work with Windows 95, although I didn't try.
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