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re: Win 95 STARTUP issue
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
The setup program found a copy of WIN.COM that was not the same as the one on the
disk. That's all it does to recognize the OS.
Just delete (or rename) WIN.COM in the C:\WINDOWS folder.
However, the invalid system disk message can be caused by an old CMOS battery. If
you somehow deleted DOS (which I have a couple times) all you need to do is boot
from a DOS disk in A: and,
SYS C:
That will reestablish the 2 hidden files at the start of the drive that DOS needs.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:08 am, Jim wrote:
>Hey Guys
>I was handed down an old win 95 machine .... and I was deleting some stuff and when
>the computer started back up it goes to a black screen and says "invalid system
disk
>replace the disk and press any key"
>
>Problem is I dont have the disk and I would rather just upgrade to win 98. I have
>the win 98 boot disk as well as the cdrom of the Operateing system. When I try
to
>install It goes fine untile it gets to the windows 98 welcome screen and then gives
>the stop you already have another os on your pc.......so how can I wipe the harddrive
>clean and just by pass this annoyance all together?
>Thanks
>JIM
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- Win 95 STARTUP issue (Jim: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:08 am)
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