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I built a computer. How do I get the OSR2 win95 onto the hard drive. I am able to format and fdisk the c drive in fat32 but then do no more. I WAS in a circle trying to put dos6.22 onto it untill I realized it was incompatable with fat32. How do I make a floppy that will boot me to the Win95 CD ? I NEED everything explained thoroughly. Don't say "load the drivers" etc. I NEED to really be told HOW. Thank you.
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#5. The Dos Box opens with item "Dosprmpt" found in your Windows drswer, or by runing Command.com or by executing Dos Command Prompt from your Start menu.
#6. Build one your self on the floppy with only the CD-ROM entry. Nothing else is needed.
And, yes, you should copy the cd-rom driver from the diskette that came with the drive.
#6. Build one your self on the floppy with only the CD-ROM entry. Nothing else is needed.
And, yes, you should copy the cd-rom driver from the diskette that came with the drive.
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Many thanks for the additional information. (Please note this asside as well) I had a word MacroVirus take out all of my startup icons from the start menu last week. It removed start-up icons for everything that had to do with Microsoft on my system:Pub'97, MS OfficePro '97,MS Money '97, the Exploer icon. This system was brand new last week (the one that I have been E-mailing/surfing with) and I was surfing with java etc. enabled and No virus tools. I expect that it also removed the dos prompt business because I cannot find it anywhere. Would you offer help to restore that for me please? Thank you for your kind attention.
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Item #6 I have no Autoexec.bat on the newly made floppy. 18 files. config yes. Autoexec No. This machine is Micronics Twister (430tx) 6.4 Ulta dma,233mmx 64MBSDRAM. And appears to have no Autoexec.bat. (I bought the parts and had a shop get it going). Should I create the file on the floppy?
The machine I want to run has a different set of hardware. Shouldn't I copy the cd-rom driver from the diskette that came with the drive?
Don't stop now I think you are doing an excellant job save these small points that I don't understand.