hi guys, i just got a new laptop(old but nice) and it has win95 already loaded its a very light and portable notebook but has no internal cdrom or floppy, i did however get a USB external CD-RW but i need to know how to get win95 to recognize USB ports and then ill install the driver, any ideas, thx in advance Darin Luckie

You need Windows 95 version 4.00.950C for USB to work. Even then, it's not very reliable from what I hear. Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

thx but what i really need is a way to reinstall windows 98se with an external cdrom (USB) because 95 is missing all the drivers and without a cdrom i cant install any of them or a floppy for that matter I need help plz anyone? Darin Luckie

USB is only supported on Win95 B & C - but only after a fashion. Add-on USB cards are not supported, only motherboard ports. Your best bet might be to slave the drive to working system (with an adapter) and copy the installation files to the drive - if you have a network interface, even simpler We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true

i have an nic and a working network but the installed win95 on the laptop wont recognize the cardbus bridge, and its harder than normal to take out the hdd because the laptop is puny check out the specs its a Fujitsu Lifebook B112 so i dont know what else to do, plus i dont have an adapter Any other ideas? thx so far Darin Luckie

The adapters aren't expensive - without a working CD or NIC, the only other option would be to connect via the parallel port (LPT1) with the appropriate cable, and transfer the files using Direct Cable Connect or (even simpler) something like FileMaven (free, DOS interface) or LinkMaven (trial, Windows interface) It's probably not feasible to get the external CD drive working under Win95 - - you're not exactly new to computers, so you must realize that there are only so many ways We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true

You can take a look at this page, describing your USB options under Win95 - but you'll likely agree, it's a bit of an iffy prospect. Transferring the files via the printer port would take under an hour, but you would require the correct cable: 'parallel file transfer cable' aka 'laplink cable' We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true