Windows 95 bootdisk?

My flatmates computer has spit the dummy and I have tried several boot disks, but they always seem to missing files that my older brother (in another part of the country) tells me are necessary.

they are command.com and io.sys (maybe .com)

does anyone know Windows 95?

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*looks around workshop*


hmm... well if i could find where the other engineer put the pile of floppy disks i could help :P

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thanks anyway

she has an essay due in tomorrow - 2500 words. I'd let her use my computer, but i just rented Far Cry!

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win 95! man come into the 21st century. buy windows xp. only about £80 as an upgrade.

get lost. her computer is ancient. she is a student = no money. 16meg of RAM.

by the way 240 new zealand buck is a lot of money when you get 150 a week from the govt (as a loan). our national student debt is now at 7 billion NZD.

but you are right (i have xp on my pc) :p

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This what you're looking for?

[www.bootdisk.com]

been there, done that. thanks though. ah well she has gone to bed, and hopefully her tutor will give her an extension. still, if anyone can come up with a solution, i'd love to hear it.

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"win 95! man come into the 21st century. buy windows xp. only about £80 as an upgrade"


u cant upgrade from 95 to xp. need to do a clean install.

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HA! Nice sig by the way Jon

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why thankyou

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Fisico2k3 Wrote:
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> My flatmates computer has spit the dummy and I
> have tried several boot disks, but they always
> seem to missing files that my older brother (in
> another part of the country) tells me are
> necessary.
>
> they are command.com and io.sys (maybe .com)

You do realise that every DOS based boot disk in existance uses those files, so any DOS boot disk made correctly will include them?

It must be something you're doing wrong.

I can point you in the direction of a DOS Boot CD if that will help, but being such an old PC it probably won't let you boot from CD.

How feasable is it to just take the HDD out and stick it in another PC?

very feasible, i will prob do that tomorrow. i have advised her to pick up a cheap secondhand pc, and at least upgrade to 2000

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cant u hit f8 (or is it f5 with win9x?) before it boots (but after the post) and select command promt only?

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we reset it lots of times with liberal F button mashing. no avail

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Try 'Control'.

You're looking for a short window or opportunity here though... basically, just before the BIOS screen disappears keep tapping F8, F5 or Control (whichever it is for Win95 (I can't remmember either) - and select Command Prompt or whatever it is.

just rememberd, mash the keyboard when it says "starting windows 95"

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okay. you should start talking to your customers like that :D

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hehe

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Fisico2k3 Wrote:
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>she has an essay due in tomorrow - 2500 words


> she has gone to bed, and hopefully her tutor will
> give her an extension


has she never heard of backups? and if she hasnt started it, has she never heard of pen and paper? o.0

Sim

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oh hey look what i have in my hands a bootdisk

oh hey look whats broken next to me. the floppy drive out of the pc

soz :P

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