I'll check all that out - though one of the hard disks I've been trying is the original one. Ah - if I still had those W95 floppies! I suppose...
I've tried ... the W95 hard disk onthe 486 but I just get the error message "operating system missing ". In setup the computer "sees" the hard...
It worked! I wasn't able to install anything on the 486 - I think there are other problems, but I installed the win95 in the way you said on to...
I'll try that! I would never have thought of using the W98 disk to set things in motion - why not? I'll give it a try. Thanks - I'll keep you...
Thanks for getting back to me I thought I needed DOS installed or a DOS boot disk before installing W95 - there is nothing on my hard disk as yet...
I'm trying to reinstall W95 on my old pentium I so as to give it to my grandson. I don't have DOS 5 or 6 (I think it was necessary to install a...
Jumping in... I'm just trying to get my old pentium I W95 set working again. I get a series of longish beeps (more than the two mentioned in the...
I had been bracing myself to do that... What "event logs" should I clean out? I have done the cleanouts you suggest - first reaction. Good...
OK Glad you got both thank-you letters. Any tips on the slow starting problem? I'm fairly sure it started with the massive download of Windows...
Oh dear... ... I just read what you said in red about throwing away Emails... I just sent a long letter to thank you for your help - I...
Stopping W2K Many thanks for getting back to me. I've been on to the site you recommend - today I'm going to try to understand what it says - bit...
Since I installed a mass of updates my W2K takes ages to get started. When I try to uninstall the different updates, I get dire warnings that it...
Many thanks for getting back to me. I'll try starting up in safe mode again to see if I get the choice of logging in as Administrator. Where...
I've searched the forum for this precise problem. A lot of threads talk about slowdowns but none as much as this one. After trying to install my...
So sorry your post slipped by........were you able to solve this one? ### thanks for getting back to me - I did figure it out. I had another WME...
In a moment of pure madness - exhilarated by the joy of having at last reinstalled my HSP modem thanks to help from this BBS - BillyBob - I put my...
Hey, wait a minute! You didn't get anything wrong! My initial posting was only about my problems with the HSP modem and you solved them. I...
PS In case it's this that caused the misunderstanding, I'd installed a soundblaster card as well as the external modem since neither the internal...
???? Don't understand - explain please. You sound as if you are angry at something? Once again, many thanks for the advice for getting windows...
It worked!!! I'm connected at this moment on the HSP. I did as you said. Took it out and took out the sound card too: started Windows once or...
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