Name: cholbach Date: November 15, 2004 at 09:09:45 Pacific Subject: won't boot windows even in safe mod OS: 95 CPU/Ram: ??????
Comment:
When system boots on it says starting windows. A second later it says microsoft windows...and then goes to c:. I have followed a lot of the suggestions on other posts and had no luck. I do not have and software except for a boot disk which I downloaded. even with the boot disk it will not go into windows. How do you access the BIOS I have tried just about all the keys and had no luck. Nothing seems to be working. This is an old Compaq Deskpro 4000. I am a special ed teacher and trying to get it working for one of my students to have. Any ideas that won't cost me a lot of money???
If this is the same machine as in the post below, it does not seem that you have any Windows files on disk - and without installation software, I'm not sure what you expect to accomplish.
Safe Mode has little to do with anything
F10 is the usual key for a Compaq, but I'm not sure what you will be able to do from there even if you are successful in accessing the CMOS setup.
What are your expectations?
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing..if you can fake that, you've got it made.
I don't think that I was clear in the first post plus it wasn't responding when I was submitting, had to retype several times so I thought I would give a new one a try and see if it kept up better...
Then it looks like the windows folder is empty. Looks like you need an operating system installed. If you perform the operation I suggested with Fdisk you may determine if the restore files are available. Do not delete anything while in Fdisk. Simply read.
Look on your floppy boot disk and see if there is a file called Fdisk. If so, simply type Fdisk and the program should start. When prompted select Y for large disk support. Then select option #4, view partitions and/or logical drives. Write down exactly what is reported and post back here. Use the escape key to exit Fdisk. If Fdisk isn't on the boot disk download the file and add it to the boot disk. Find fdisk here: http://radified.com/Files/ Take note of the file name and type as written to run the file.
Ran Fdisk and got this Current fixed disk drive 1 Partition C:1 Status A Type PRI DOS Mbytes 1553 System FAT 16 Usage 100% Totat disk space is 1553 Mbytes
Copy the sysyem.ini file.(looks like a notepad file with a yellow gear on it.) to a floppy disk It is found in C:\Windows. then use your start up floppy on the none working PC. When A prompt is up change the floppy disk for your one with the system.ini on it. Then type at the a prompt. copy system.ini to c:\windows then hit the enter key. The restart if it says it copyed.
Trying the command for memory. So please forgive me if its no right.
From your post on Fdisk it would appear that you have only one partition and it is formatted using FAT16 file system. This menas you will need to acquire an operating system for this computer. Ebay was mentioned. As I stated I wouldn't spend too much on this system. Maybe WARLOCK can find something we missed.
the drive is empty but bootable, you need the software win95, win98 or the restore cd if that even existed at all. until software is found that computer is just a big paperweight
1. You can't use scanreg commands (#30) because they don't work on W95 (assuming there is any part of W95 in existence - it seems not).
2. The fact that the HD has no label doesn't matter a fig. It's just a "name". If the system was serviceable you could give it any old name you like.
3. The HD seems to be about empty. In which case no further progress can be made without some sort of system disk (W95 or whatever). No amount of fiddling about can possible overcome this. If a car has no engine it can't possibly run until you get one. Try EBay.
Take the hard drive out of the PC. And set the jumper to slave on the hard disk. Put it in your working PC as a slave. Boot using the master drive. Then using windows you can view the drive to see if there is any thing on it. If the folder win95 is on it look inside. Compair contents of this folder if any. With the working windows folder.
Her has a working PC with 95 0n. If he does as I posted.
Take the hard drive out of the PC. And set the jumper to slave on the hard disk. Put it in your working PC as a slave. Boot using the master drive. Then using windows you can view the drive to see if there is any thing on it. If the folder win95 is on it look inside. Compair contents of this folder if any. With the working windows folder.
Then he can ghost his working drive to the empty drive.
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There are so many responses to this post that I can't debate wheather another machine may be available. Even if there is another machine available and you clone the drive. What will he do after the system asks for a windows disk for any reason? This is an exercise in futility. The poster was originally trying to help out a student. Let the student purchase some software. One poster even offered to send a CD of Win95.
Well I ~do~ hope you weren't too bruised by this. If it makes you feel any better, I still like you and respect your knowledge and opinions. ;>) I've seen it in action for the last five years.
Aw, thanks Dan - likewise - jeeze, it has been about 5 years(!)
Just blundering along like the rest - sometimes we can help solve a problem, and sometimes not. Either way, we usually give it a good try.
It just gets a bit irksome when helpers appear to ignore posted info and then proceed with the kitchen sink approach - nothing much ever comes of that except frustration for the OP
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing..if you can fake that, you've got it made.
Interesting point on the URL (I've seen stated many times by the Brits) that we have corrupted English more than the Americans. Apparently USA English is often much more like "Old English" than anything you hear in the UK.
Err...not that 'git' is real English. Often used by the uncouth I gather.
Oh yeah, the import, at least, was not lost on me. Grew up amongst a slew of English Aunts and Uncles and sundry others - then there was that Python influence ; )
I'd always thought that Canadian English was pretty similar to the original - certainly spelling is more consistent. Of course, we have our dialects as well - as anyone who's visited the Maritimes will attest to.
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing..if you can fake that, you've got it made.
Thanks Derek, now that phrase in The Beatles song "I'm So Tired" (Album = "The Beatles" AKA The White Album) makes perfect sense to me;
"and curse Sir Walter Raliegh(sp?), he was such a stupid git"
(I gather they "might"?? have been talking about smoking something other than tobacco.) Not that I would know of course. I saw it happen in Viet Nam once or twice. ;>) Thats all.
Fact jboy cast the first stone. Not my fault if he did not like my response. Maybe he should try to be more polite to those that are trying to help. jboy is not a god around here. And barely passes for even been a humam being. With the better than thou crap he posts.
Well WARLOCK, if you start reading some of the posts/topics (in other forums as well as this one) you'll find that jboy is a well respected and knowledgable member of this site. Whether he be humam or not. Once you do start reading, you'll probably start learning that some of your posts are way out in left field. No offence, and I do respect the fact that you are trying to help(?) with your postings, but do some research before jumping off of the deep end.
