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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Computer ninny on June 02, 2003, 02:12:17 AM

Title: Installing Windows95 from scratch
Post by: Computer ninny on June 02, 2003, 02:12:17 AM

I've read the intructions on re-installing WIN9x from scratch.  My question is what to do when there is no HIMEM.SYS file to be copied onto my startup disk? Nor is there a MSCDEX.exe file for that matter.

Before trying this re-install, the screen in DOS mode told me that
HIMEM.SYS
DBLBUFF.SYS
IFSHLP.SYS
were all either missing or corrupted.

Is there any hope that Win95 can be re-installed?

Title: Installing Windows95 from scratch
Post by: Guest on June 02, 2003, 03:30:26 AM

have you tried to download a different floppy image?? there is a MILLION of them out there

have you tried to add those files yourself with winimage or whatever??

Title: Installing Windows95 from scratch
Post by: tox on June 02, 2003, 09:56:29 AM

try to visit this link:
bootimages (http://\"http://www.drd.dyndns.org/fr_index.html?/disks.html\")

Title: Installing Windows95 from scratch
Post by: john0877 on June 02, 2003, 10:09:42 AM

is the cd bootable and does your bios support booting off of cds

Title: Installing Windows95 from scratch
Post by: Computer ninny on June 02, 2003, 11:59:14 AM

No, the CD disk is having a hard time reading.

I looked at the link above for places to download a new boot up disk, so I think I'll try that.

Thank you everyone for your help.