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kkukla69
05-30-2005, 11:36 AM
I have an old laptop that had Dos and windows 95. somehow lost something. When I turn it on, Dos comes up, seems all the files are there......but windows does not come up. So I am trying to reinstall windows, put it in the CD but the computer does not recongize the D drive....I type in (in DOS) setup, and tried Win 95 setup and nothing happens. How do I get the windows CD to install again. There are loads of files in the Dos directory. Am I entering the symbols wrong in DOS? Like' C:\dos or (this is after the prompt) D:\setup? Anyway, I am ready to throw this out but realize it probably is a really simple stupid thing. Any help would be helpful to me...thanks
monkey_1
05-30-2005, 02:00 PM
Download a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm>Win98 boot disk</a>, start the computer with that disk, then you type:

d:\setup

to run the setup from the CD

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kkukla69
05-30-2005, 09:06 PM
Mono, tried that, downloaded and all I get back is bad command or file name....the prompt is C:\&gt; then I type in d:\setup........bad command, also tried d"\win95 setup that did not work either. What am I doing wrong? thanks.....
monkey_1
05-30-2005, 09:30 PM
You must change the boot sequence in BIOS for boot first from the floppy...

And I don't remember if the command is setup.exe or install.exe...

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