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03-03-2006, 11:40 AM
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| windows 95 setup i have a problem with installing windows 95 on a old laptop with just a floppy drive. everything goes fine till the screen where u get to choose the installation type (typical, custom, portable,...). then after choosing (no matter wich installation type) i get a message "CANNOT READ DISK" SETUP CANNOT READ THE DISK MAKE SURE IT'S INSERTED or something similar although the disk is inserted. i tried both floppys in DMF(13 disk set) as well standard 1.44 formated (29 disk set) but i still get the same error on the same spot. since i tried two different installation sets i dont think the problem is with damaged disks or data. any help appreciated. |
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03-03-2006, 12:35 PM
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| Maybe the hard drive is bad? Have you tried a diagnostic on the HDD to see if it passed the test? |
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03-08-2006, 09:06 AM
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| yea i run scandisk and the results are ok. windows 3.11 installs without problems. |
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03-08-2006, 10:02 AM
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| Two things. There was some software called interserv/interlink you put them on floppies and connect the two systems with a parallel or serial cable and use the interserv system's cd drive to load win95 or to copy the cd files to the laptop and then try a load. The software should be on the win95 cd or do a google serch to find . These are dos programs that you boot and run from the floppies. I have used it in the past before usb connections etc. The other is little more expensive for less $15 you can buy and adapter cable that will connecta 2.5" drive with this cable to a usb port on a system and then allow you to do what ever you need to on the 2.5" drive. I use one in my consulting busines like when systems crash and burn.
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