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Win95 Boot Disc
Name: Ben Date: January 21, 2003 at 02:30:28 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
Greetings all, i need the windows 95 boot disc and CD Rom drivers for my old 486, 95 is the only operating system it can handle but i want to use it for word and all, But i need the boot disc can someone please help me :) could someone please take the time to e-mail me, thanks any help will be appreciated, :) I have another email account through outlook if the disc wants to be sent through email i also use MSN Messenger, thanks everyone :))
Name: Raymond867 Date: January 21, 2003 at 03:04:25 Pacific
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Can be downloaded from BOOTDISK.COM. for win95a: http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/winfiles/boot95a.exe for win95b: http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/winfiles/boot95b.exe
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Response Number 2
Name: Ben Date: January 21, 2003 at 03:51:04 Pacific
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Thanks heaps Raymond, just few questions out of wondering i tried to extract the files from that exe, and it said the archive is corrupt but the disc still copied, it has 1mb of files on it, is that right? And yea second does it matter it says its corrupt :S thanks,
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Response Number 3
Name: Raymond867 Date: January 21, 2003 at 04:54:23 Pacific
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Well if it works, it works, you know what I mean? When extracting files a process called crc(cyclic redundancy checking)is used and if one character fails this check, which may just the word "the" in some meaningless file, it will trigger this message. You can't hurt anything bby trying it.
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Response Number 4
Name: Ben Date: January 21, 2003 at 17:11:46 Pacific
Summary: Have had to format backup computer and don't have boot disk, start up doesn't work. Could I have a copy of Win95 Boot Disc please. I'm desperate....
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