About Windows 95
In 1995, Microsoft introduced Windows 95, which represented the "next step" towards a comprehensive consumer-oriented graphical operating system for PCs (Windows NT had already been created at the time, but was geared towards businesses and servers.) Windows 95 is the great "compromise" operating system. In some respects, it has its own way of handling access to the hard disk, but in other ways it resembles, and even uses, standard DOS. This is how Windows 95 strives for performance while retaining compatibility with older software. Windows 95 in fact includes a version of DOS, that is designed to work with it and its file structures.
When Windows 95 was released, it came with a new and updated version of the traditional FAT file system: VFAT. At the same time, Windows 95 was compatible with older FAT12 and FAT16 partitions and disks The initial version of Windows 95 is now sometimes called "Windows 95A" to distinguish it from later editions, or "Windows 95 Retail" in recognition of the fact that it was the only revision of Windows 95 officially sold to the public. It's important to remember that this version of Windows 95 does not support the FAT32 nor the NTFS file system.
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Hi! I am having a devilish time trying to fix my hard drive. When I use the boot disk for Windows 95, I get some very interesting error messages:
1. ScanDisk encountered a data error reading the FAT entry for Cluster 0. This error prevents ScanDisk from fixing the drive. This is one for the diary. Whenever I tried to find the error, it would kick me back to a black screen and I would have to start the whole process again.
2. Specified command search directory bad. Tells me that I am missing himem.sys. but himem.sys is on the boot disk and it will not allow me to copy it from the boot disk to the C drive.
3. Incorrect MS-DOS version needs MS-DOS 3.0 or higher. I received this when I tried to boot from a floppy disk. When I downloaded a higher MS-DOS version, the possessed computer wouldn't accept it either.
4. Write Fault Error Reading Drive C.
5. Invalid Drive Specification. It won't let me create a path to Drive C.
When I attempt to correct one problem, it opens up a myriad of other problems. What am I doing wrong? Any help at all to find out if I am doing everything in the correct order and if I am missing something would be greatly appreciated.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Is my hard drive salvagable and just in need of a partition or do I need to buy another hard drive. Thanks!!
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how can i install my windows 95 back? because i have instal windows vista on my laptop and i don't want it and i want to delete windows vista ,and i like to instal my windows 95 or 98 back on my laptop. any one pleaseee show me how to do this or is there a way?????
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On August 30th, 2007 AllBootDisks Visitor (not verified) says:
how can i install my windows 95 back? because i have instal windows vista on my laptop and i don't want it and i want to delete windows vista ,and i like to instal my windows 95 or 98 back on my laptop. any one pleaseee show me how to do this or is there a way?????
To install 98 just whack the disk in and follow on screen instructions
I would recomend you download 98se from the pirate bay !!!
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can i use this boot disk to install a clean copy of windows because i downloaded the setup disk but it comes up with: FATAL! cannot read boot medium! sYstem halted. or can i use it to run the setup.exe off the disk.
the disk is unformatted with no partitions
PLZ help!
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"Invalid Drive Specification. It won't let me create a path to Drive C."
In my experience, the error "Invalid Drive Specification" occurred because (I later realized) I hadn't created a primary Dos partion and then formatted the newly created partition. So, I recommend that you try to get to a command prompt (I hadn't yet installed Windows 95 on my virtual machine and so I was running off a Dos boot disk.) and type
fdiskand follow the instructions/options that should create a primary OS partition (Dos in my case). then you go to the actual drive you "created" and format it usingformat /U(the/Uoption means the Format program will do a unconditional format versus the quick format (erase); both these options and more, if you didn't know, I found/read about using the/?help option as in:format /?). You could also doformat /U /Cwhich according to theformat /?help, tests the clusters on the drive that you are currently on or plan to format for clusters that are currently marked "bad"; which probably a good thing in general and theoretically might solve your ScanDisk program since it seems to freeze at "Cluster 0 Section 0".So, basically if you have been able to follow what I have been saying or would like to see the suggestions in a different format, here's what I think the person with previously mentioned problem should do:
1. Boot up the computer either in Windows 95, if you can get to that Graphical User Interface (GUI), or DOS (MS-DOS I know for a fact has the fdisk and format programs, I don't know if any of the other Dos systems, like FreeDos, PCDos, or DrDos, have the same or similar programs.)
All the following instructions are performed inside a command prompt window or at a command prompt without any GUI.
2. Change the Directory (if necessary) using
C:(whereC:is the drive (hard drive/CD-ROM drive/floppy drive; as an example) you want to change to) to change to the directory where the format and fdisk or similar programs are if your Windows/DosPATHvariable hasn't been defined. You can find out if your OS Path variable is defined by typingpathorPATHthey trigger the same program. If when you typepathand it saysNo Paththat means your Windows/Dos Path variable is not or hasn't been defined yet; in which case you definitely need to do this step.3. After getting to a place where you can access/run these programs type
fdisk.4. After you do that, press 1 to create a disk partition or press 4 for the program to "Display partition information" and you can also note the information the fdisk program displays like the "Current fixed disk drive: " which will display as a number and the fact that you can press Esc to exit the program and later go back one step in the fdisk program.
5. Press the Enter or Return key to proceed after you have made your selection.
6. If you chose #1 to create a disk partition, then follow the options on the next screens you come to (pressing the enter or return key to confirm your choice) to create a primary partition.
7. After you have created a primary partition you should see, if you want to see, a different error message, along the lines of
"
Drive C: is unavailable
Abort, Retry, Fail? "
If you get this message or a similar one (with the drive letter referring to the disk drive you are trying to access) keep typing "a" (without the quotes) for abort because that isn't the only error message you will get for a newly made partition that hasn't been formatted.
Now, type
format c:(with c: (colon) referring to the newly made partition drive letter) to format the now partitioned drive.That should fix your "Invalid Drive Specification" error. If you want to make a certain drive type "sys" (without the quotes) before the drive letter want to make bootable, at least that's what I read I haven't tried it myself yet. Good Luck!
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