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Oops, this thread title isn't very fitting as installing it is exactly what I am NOT doing. I have a "shwindows 95" see dee!!!!!!!!! plus I also have a boot disk-a-ma-jig44444!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have these things. I bought them on ebay. Now, I put the boot disk-a-ma-jig44444 into the boot-disk-a-ma-jig slot, and then turn on the "computer". It miraculously displays "a:" like it worked or something. Now this stupid book that came with windows 95 (that is 95% complex legal stuff to make sure you payed money for it and 5% helpful information) says to type "a:\setup" or "a:\win95\setup" if you're using the cd rom or some crap like that. but typing that did jack. Thanks for listening to my interesting story. |
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You need to get a bootdisk which has the windows 95 setup file on it, which you can get from www.bootdisk.com |
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Wait, why are you downgrading to windows 95? |
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I remember Windows 95. I sure do. |
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Well I bought this "boot disk" off of ebay. It is called the "windows 95/98" boot disk or something. I used it (I had to press "del" when the computer started to change "bios" to start with the "a drive") so the boot disk seemed to work, it wrote some funny stuff and did stuff, then it displayed a prompt. Now what? I had the win 95 cd in the cd rom at this point. Well.. the previous operating system on that computer was serioiusly infected with the computer equivalent of, hmm, bad diseases. yes. plus as far as I know all those big complex operating systems don't even have DOS to play dos games. or something. |
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Hahaha! You can get the bootdisk for free. Download and run it. You'll need a new floppy and stuff but once you boot off that you can type setup and it will ask you for the 95 cd. How much did you pay for it off ebay? |
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well i could help u but only i have gotten windows XL (spanish version of windows 98 i think ) also maybe could you google searh or something :) i always go there for help. off topic: i am listen to 7\fx (richard d. hames) -smajpahce ep late at nite, it makes me happy :) do you? |
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after I put in the boot disk and started the computer it had 3 choiced: 1) start with cd rom support 2) start w/o cd rom support 3) view help file I tried 3 which was a bunch of complex unhelpful jargon, then tried 1 which made it go to a: earlier I typed "format c" which is why I need the boot disk. So now I guess I have no operating system and want to install windows 95 from scratch. |
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is the windows 95 cd not bootable? i mean, if you set your bios to load first from your cdrom drive, then put the cd in and reboot, will it not begin the install from the cd? |
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It was only 20$. Just kidding it was fifty cents, but the shipping was 5 bucks, understandably given it was really small, light weight and wrapped in a folded manilla envelope with tape. Can I put that thing on a used A disk? off topic: I havn't listened to drukqs much, if that's what smapahce is on. But come 2 daddy's to cure a weakling child mix is a really really really good track. |
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Right...you want to start the computer with CD-ROM support. When you get to the dos prompt and assuming you only have one hard drive on you computer type E:\setup.exe and press return. The reason for this is C: will most probably still be your harddrive, D: will be a temporary RAMdisk drive. So E: should be your CD-ROM drive. If it can't find anything on E: try typing the same again using D: instead. I trust you aren't pissing about here? |
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I am not pissing about (although I usually am). I shall try this. Does it matter which drive is currently prompted on the screen when you type this? If this doesn't work, I'll try that other boot disk and if that doesn't work, I'll have fun destroying it in the most painful way I can imagine, and just buy another stupid computer with windows already installed. |
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Nope it doesn't matter what drive is currently prompted as the drive letter being typed before setup.exe tells it where it should be run from |
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jesus. |
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yes my son. |
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A thousand thanks |
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why is the windows 95 cd not bootable? |
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that would be too simple. |
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More than likely because it may be a copy which wasn't made as a bootabe copy. Alternatively it is possible that the BIOS in the machine (assuming it ran on 95 originally) may not support booting directly from CD-ROM which was the purpose of the boot disk in the first place :) |
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linux should get good. and/or macs should get affordable. |
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why the hell would you chose windows 95 anyway? |
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Because you don't have a PC capable of running anything more? |
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why not just run Jesus? thats what I do. sure, the bugger splutters now and then, just give 'im a good kick and you're alright. |
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but when he crashes you've gotta wait three days before you reboot |
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aahahahahaha best religious/geek joke ever :D! |
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ha ha ha ha ha :D |
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Are higher versions of windows even better for someone who just wants to play games mostly. The higher versions don't even seem to have dos support for games as far as I know. Freakin doom2 won't even work on them without a bunch of complex programs like legacy that emulate dos, or however the hell they work. |
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that's true.. you'd need a DOS emulator.. |
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98SE is the best for older games and stuff...it is the final DOS based windows before they started really fucking up legacy support |
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Not for 98SE you wouldn't...it was the last Windows operating system build on top of DOS which gave you proper access to DOS (ME was a shite botch job). WindowsNT/2000 and XP can all run an emulated DOS type system shell but it aint the real deal foo'. |
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yes I know, hence the 'emulator'. |
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The "higher versions" would include 98 and 98SE and ME at a push...all are better than 95 (maybe ME is about as shit) |
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do people still use windows me? i thought microsoft said "we're sorry" and gave everyone their money back |
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i think ME was a prank but microsoft just forgot to tell the distributors, and they actually started selling it. |
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not funny |
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it's the King of Comedy! |
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I was an ME user for many years but now I am with 2000 pro and we are very happy together. |
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My personal preference is XP Pro with both Linux and Win98SE running via VMware and I am also very happy, |
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2000 at work. XP pro & SuSE linux at home. XP took quite a while for me to tweak it to the point where i was happy with it, but now i'm very happy with it. |
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as per Microsoft usual, Microsoft first turns everything ON and then expects you to delve deep into sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-menu's to ever get it switched the fuck off. |
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That e: stuff was correct. I got a bit further before running into yet another problem. Now scandisk scans, then I have to click yes to agree to a big license agreement, but then after that the mouse stops responding, the screen beeps once and everything haults. The same thing happened 5 times, but only on the 5th time it gave some sort of "overflow" message. Well I've learned a lesson: just buy a new computer instead of ever attempting to install windows yourself. |
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I bought the disk version of Win 95 when it came out, as I didn't have a CD drive (or a sound card actually) at the time. 765986 disks... |
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Daamn.. Ok here's the update to my interesting story: I have given up on that computer because I am too inept to install windows on it. So... I bought a used 280 dollar computer on ebay, and was stupid enough to buy one WITHOUT AN OPERATING SYSTEM! Ah ha ha ha ha... ahem. I am going to buy windows 98 SE like braindance suggested now for freaking 60 bucks or more, because windows 95 didn't install on that sumbitch computer either. This better work or I might become a serial killer or something. I mean that. |
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I've seen one of those at work before (also, some early verison of office on floppies), but never met anyone who used it! Talking of "zany" windows versions, I hear they're doing a Welsh version of XP! |
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what will your serial-killer profile be like? |
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boyo |
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i can send you a copy of ME ill even pay the postage |
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