I have recently purchased a new old laptop. I got a 6 GB hard drive in it. It originally had no OS in it. I put in a Windows 98 boot disk and put in command.com and scandisk log files in. Then I decided I didn't want 98 on it. I erased the files. I put in a Windows 95 boot disk and it still boots to 98 even though there are no files on the hard drive. It says "Type in command interpreter". I type something in but the message comes up again no matter what I type in. What's going on? Did I royally screw up or can I fix this. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!!
2006-12-21 15:57:13 · 3 answers · asked by Sean S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Just boot from the win95 CD/disks and format the hard drive for a fresh installation.
Win95 is really buggy, though. You'd be better off with win2K, or better yet, Linux.
2006-12-21 16:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by Che jrw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have to erase to boot sector.
this can be done with later versions of windows, but it won;t do it in reverse. so best thing to do is Fdisk and then use your windows 95. why i don't know, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
2006-12-22 00:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by qncyguy21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boot with dos prompt and
then format the dirves on the hard disk
and then try booting it with win 95
it ll work
2006-12-21 23:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by sweetraskels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋