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Win95b is the first edition of Win95 that can talk FAT32. &nbsp;Win95a will not work with FAT32, and never reports a drive as being such.<br />
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If I were your friend, I'd fdisk it with 95A, nuke the FAT32 partition and recreate it using the 95A utilities. &nbsp;Why he wants to go with 95a is beyond me...<br />
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<a href="http://www.easytweak.com/fat32/fat8.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.easytweak.com/fat32/fat8.htm</a>
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Win95b is the first edition of Win95 that can talk FAT32.  Win95a will not work with FAT32, and never reports a drive as being such.

If I were your friend, I'd fdisk it with 95A, nuke the FAT32 partition and recreate it using the 95A utilities.  Why he wants to go with 95a is beyond me...

http://www.easytweak.com/fat32/fat8.htm [http://www.easytweak.com/fat32/fat8.htm]

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Thanks for the information/confirmation. &nbsp;It is appreciated.
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Thanks for the information/confirmation.  It is appreciated.

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I have a friend who is hell bent on installing the original Windows 95 A on his older computer system. &nbsp;He does have a question that I am unable to answer, thus, I post it here for expert review/response: &nbsp;Can you use FAT32 with Windows 95 A? &nbsp;This reason this is even an issue is that he recenlty purchased a new harddrive that has a setup utility disk that allowed him to preformat the drive with FAT32, however, he is experiencing problems loading Windows 95 A.<br />
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Thanks!
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I have a friend who is hell bent on installing the original Windows 95 A on his older computer system.  He does have a question that I am unable to answer, thus, I post it here for expert review/response:  Can you use FAT32 with Windows 95 A?  This reason this is even an issue is that he recenlty purchased a new harddrive that has a setup utility disk that allowed him to preformat the drive with FAT32, however, he is experiencing problems loading Windows 95 A.

Thanks!

Historic Win95(a) question.

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.