Morning Bonnie,
Just a suggestion.  I'd format the hard drive again and try for another new install, 
paying close attention to any messages you get.  Post back here if you see any other 
messages during install. good luck, Don







On Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 6:59 pm, bonnie wrote:

>hi everyone. i am trying to revive my son'd old computer for him. he had a virus 

>in it.. i ended up reformatting it, unfortunately it had been so long since i used 

>any of the software. we lost his 98 cd.. so i loaded the old 95 back in it. it seems 

>to have worked but when we boot it up now it says.. *While initializing device IOS: 

>windows protection error. you need to restart your computer.* of course rebooting 

>only brings us back to the very same error msg. what di i do wrong. and can it be 

>fixed. thanks in advance for any help. 

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