Re: Got win95 in my lenovo ok but.....


On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, Rick wrote:

Joseph Fenn wrote:

I was able to get a 1 gig usb stick that works fine. and carries
a dr letter of f: so I copied my win95oem disk from my external
backpack reader over into the stick drive with no problem except
I cant access it or "install" it. Says I have to do that from
dos. I tried the winxp/pro dos floppkes I created and they cant
even see the F: drive. So I tried an original WIN95 sys boot
floppy and it cant see the F: drive either. The f: stick was
formatted as FAT. Maye I better reformat it as 32 bit and start
over. Any ideas appreciated.
Joe

Rick wrote:
You're giving mixed messages. The "usb stick that works fine" works fine
with what? And doesn't work with what else?

Win 95 doesn't have any native USB support. And what little support MS
added on for it is very proprietary. If you are trying to install an OS
from a USB device that it is isn't designed to recognize that ain't
going to work, unless maybe your BIOS supports booting from a memory
stick.

Rick

I copied the OEM95 stuff over into the F: (usb) drive from my external
CDRom Drive. It went into the USB F: drive okay, but now to access
the contents of F: drive (win95) I have to somehow "install" or
"setup" the drive and cant find out how to do it. Tried the
winxp dos boot disk I created but it cant even see the F: drive.
Then from inside winxp "RUN" cmd I tried
F:`setup (no help) so tried F:`install still no action.
Dont know which way to get it installed.
Joe

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