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Hi there !

Due to an overwritten file I decided to re-install Windows 95
completely (beginning with DOS and Windows 3.1 after formatting the
HDD with DOS 6.2).

I work with the GERMAN version of Windows 95, which - however - should
not matter here.

Upon installing Windows 95 from the original setup CD (after
successfully having installed DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1) I got the
following error message from Windows 95 after the initial brief
hardware check:

"SUWIN caused Segment Load Failure in Module suwin.exe at 0002:5E0F"

This message is desplayed in a 'generic' Windows 3.1 message box.
Every time I try to re-install Win95 I get the same error msg
including the same segment address !

(In the original German version the message reads: "SUWIN verursachte
einen Segment-Lade-Fehler in Modul SUWIN.EXE an Adresse 0002:5E0F"
As I saw the same error message from a desperate user, who posted into
the newsgroups - without having his mail answered so far - I was able
to give the CORRECT English translation of that message above.)

Note:
The system I installed Win95 SUCCESSFULLY before is an old 386/40
machine with a Quantum 253 MB HDD, 8 MB RAM, a Tseng ET4000 card and a
Sony CDU76E CDROM drive.
Don't say, 'Buy yourself a new machine.'. I have a brand new Pentium
PC myself. The PC I am getting mad with is a machine for a school
class. Unfortunately they cannot afford a better one at the moment.

Questions:

(1)
What is the function of SUWIN ?

(2)
By what is a 'Segment Load Error' caused and what else can be at
address 0002:5E0F ?

(3)
Obviously at least one other desperate guy got this error at exactly
the same segment address (0002:5E0F); as his e-mail address is
obviously not correct, I couldn't ask him if he already found a
solution.

(4)
When I first (and successfully) installed Win95 on that machine I used
an external CDROM drive connected to the parallel port.
When I had to re-install Windows95 I had inserted an internal drive
meanwhile.
Do you think the drive (connected to the same cable as the HDD) or the
driver (V 2.73 from Sony) might have caused all the trouble ?

(5) 
What can I do to install Windows95 properly ?
20 school-children are waiting and my nerves are almost gone !
Please HELP !

P.S. The MS Knowledge Base is of no help.

Please send me your replies by e-mail !

Sincerely
Gerhard Landauf (AUSTRIA)