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Article #285Re: Win95 installation freezes : Hardware problem ?
From: John D. Saucier
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 00:00
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The correct procedure for installing windows 95 is simple. Insert the disk or Cd-rom and run SETUP.EXE you should not be having problems installing windows95, unless there are hardware problems. Joe Meehan wrote: > I have encountered the same problem (using SETUP.EXE from the CD-ROM). I > talked to one of my techie friends who mentioned that I should NOT be > loading any type of DOS on the HD, just use a simple START disk (containing > FDISK, MSCDEX.EXE and some other basic programs) and to use that to try to > load windows up. I will try it again this weekend, but I'm tired of trying > and trying and trying... > > If someone could tell me the correct procedure to installing windows95, I > would be very grateful. > > Joe Meehan > Guardians@earthlink.net > Joeym2000@aol.com > > Matt West wrote in message <3505799d.114182756@news.demon.co.uk>... > >I hope someone may be able to shed some light on this problem : > > > >When installing Windows 95 OSR2 (using the correct OEM preinstall > >tools), the installation routine freezes at the blue "Getting ready to > >run Windows for the first time" screen. > >The hardware is all new, and passes software diagnostic tests. > >Two new motherboards have been tried in this PC (both new LSI TX > >chipset boards) and the SIMMs have been replaced. I have also tried a > >different hard drive. > >The only common part is the CPU, an IBM M2 P166+ MX. Could this be > >the cause of the freezing ? > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10dc12,50f3d10d1b6b2224 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dc12,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,50f3d10d1b6b2224 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 10d516,50f3d10d1b6b2224 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d516,public X-Google-Thread: 107cdf,50f3d10d1b6b2224 X-Google-Attributes: gid107cdf,public From: "John D. Saucier" <jsauce@net1plus.com> Subject: Re: Win95 installation freezes : Hardware problem ? Date: 1998/03/12 Message-ID: <3507AB91.CC45278D@net1plus.com> X-Deja-AN: 333273240 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3505799d.114182756@news.demon.co.uk> <6e49ir$d4o@bolivia.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Meehan <guardians@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,demon.tech.pc,microsoft.public.windows95.oemdsp.preinstall