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hard drive setup
Name: aries Date: September 29, 2002 at 09:08:38 Pacific OS: win95 CPU/Ram: 64
Comment:
Could anyone tell me the Exact steps to set up a new hard drive with win95.I might be on wrong forum but you guys or gals are the greatest..KEEP UP THE GOOD FORUMS !!
Name: Jim Date: September 29, 2002 at 09:14:58 Pacific
Reply:
Boot PC with Windows startup disk and at the DOS prompt type C: and press enter. If it says "Invalid Drive Specification" type FDISK and create a primary partition. Reboot again and type FORMAT C: and press enter. This will prepare you drive for use.
Next boot your computer with a Windows 98 or ME startup disk and choose "Start with CD-ROM support". Put in your Windows 95 CD and type SETUP at the prompt. It will guide you the rest of the way.
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